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of India this must be certified by the Govern-
ment of India, or of the Presidency or Pro-
vince in which the Candidate may have
resided.]

(c.) That he has no disease, constitutional affec-
tion, or bodily infirmity unfitting him, or
likely to unfit him, for the Civil Service of
India.*

(d.) That he is of good moral character.

He must also pay such fee as the Secretary of
State for India may prescribe.†

3. Should the evidence upon the above points be
   prima facie satisfactory to the Civil Service Commis-
   sioners, the Candidate will, upon payment of the
   prescribed fee, be admitted to the Examination. The
   Commissioners may, however, in their discretion, at
   any time prior to the grant of the Certificate of
   Qualification hereinafter referred to, institute such
   further inquiries as they may deem necessary; and
   if the result of such inquiries, in the case of any
   Candidate, should be unsatisfactory to them in any of
   the above respects, he will be ineligible for admission
   to the Civil Service of India, and if already selected,
   will be removed from the position of a Probationer.

4. The Examination will take place only in the
   following branches of knowledge:—

Marks.

English Composition ... 500

History of England—including that
of the Laws and Constitution ... 500

English Language and Literature... ... 500

Language, Literature, and History of
Greece ... 750

Ditto ,, Rome ... 750

Ditto ,, France ... 375

Ditto ,, Germany... ... 375

Ditto ,, Italy ... 375

Mathematics (pure and mixed) ... 1,250

Natural Science: that is, (1) Chemis-
try, including Heat; (2) Electri-
city and Magnetism; (3) Geology
and Mineralogy; (4) Zoology;
(5) Botany ... 1,000

*** The total (1,000) marks may be ob-
tained by adequate proficiency in any
two or more of the five branches of
Science included under this head.

Moral Sciences: that is, Logic,
Mental and Moral Philosophy ... 500

Sanskrit Language and Literature ... 500

Arabic Language and Literature ... 500

Candidates are at liberty to name, before 1st
February, 1874, any or all of these branches of
knowledge. No subjects are obligatory.

5. The merit of the persons examined will be
   estimated by marks; and the number set opposite
   to each branch in the preceding regulation denotes
   the greatest number of marks that can be obtained
   in respect of it.

6. No Candidate will be allowed any marks in
   respect of any subject of examination, unless he shall
   be considered to possess a competent knowledge of
   that subject.‡

7. The Examination will be conducted by means
   of printed questions and written answers, and by
   viva voce examination, as may be deemed necessary.

• Evidence of health and character must bear date not
  earlier than the 1st January, 1874.

† The fee for this Examination will be £5, payable by means
of a special stamp according to instructions which will be com-
municated to Candidates.

‡ “Nothing can be further from our wish than to hold out
premiums for knowledge of wide surface and of small depth.
We are of opinion that a Candidate ought to be allowed no
credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere
smatterer.”—Report of Committee of 1854. A deduction of
marks will be made under each subject, including Mathematics.

8. The marks obtained by each Candidate, in
   respect of each of the subjects in which he shall
   have been examined, will be added up, and the names
   of the Candidates who shall have obtained
   a greater aggregate number of marks than any of the
   remaining Candidates will be set forth in order of
   merit, and such Candidates shall be deemed to be
   selected Candidates for the Civil Service of India,
   provided they appear to be in other respects duly
   qualified. Should any of the selected Candidates
   become disqualified, the Secretary of State for India
   will determine whether the vacancy thus created
   shall be filled up or not. In the former case, the
   Candidate next in order of merit, and in other
   respects duly qualified, shall be deemed to be a
   selected Candidate. A selected Candidate declining
   to accept the appointment which may be offered to
   him will be disqualified for any subsequent compe-
   tition.

9. Selected Candidates, before proceeding to India,
   will be on probation for two years, during which time
   they will be examined periodically, with a view of
   testing their progress in the following subjects :— *

Marks.

1. Oriental Languages:
   Sanskrit ... 500

Vernacular† Languages of
India (each) ... 400

2. The History and Geography of
   India ... 350

3. Law ... 1,250

4. Political Economy ... 350

In these Examinations, as in the open competition,
the merit of the Candidates examined will be esti-
mated by marks, and the number set opposite to each
subject denotes the greatest number of marks that
can be obtained in respect of it at any one Examina-
tion. The Examination will be conducted by means
of printed questions and written answers, and by
viva voce Examination, as may be deemed necessary.

The last of these Examinations will be held at the
close of the second year of probation, and will be called
the “Final Examination,” at which it will be decided
whether a selected Candidate is qualified for the Civil
Service of India.

10. Any Candidate who, at any of the periodical
    Examinations, shall appear to have wilfully neglected
    his studies, or to be physically incapacitated for pur-
    suing the prescribed course of training, will be liable
    to have his name removed from the list of selected
    Candidates.

11. The selected Candidates who, at the Final
    Examination, shall be found to have a competent
    knowledge of the subjects specified in Regulation 9,
    and who shall have satisfied the Civil Service Com-
    missioners of their eligibility in respect of age,
    health, and character, shall be certified by the said
    Commissioners to be entitled to be appointed to the
    Civil Service of India, provided they shall comply
    with the regulations in force at the time for that
    Service.

12. Applications from persons desirous to be
    admitted as Candidates are to be addressed to the
    Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners,
    London, S. W., from whom the proper form for the
    purpose may be obtained.

16th August, 1873.

• Full instructions as to the course of study to be pursued
  will be issued to the successful Candidates as soon as possible
  after the result of the open competition is declared.

† Including, besides the languages prescribed for the several
Presidencies, such other languages as may, with the approval
of the Commissioners, be taken up as subjects of examination.