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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

The Civil Service Commissioners are authorized by
the Secretary of State for India in Council to make
the following announcements :—

(1.) Selected Candidates will be permitted to choose,* accord-
ing to the order in which they stand in the list resulting from
the open competition, as long as a choice remains, the Presidency
(and in Bengal the Division of the Presidency) to which they
be appointed, but this choice will be subject to a different
arrangement should the Secretary of State or Government of
India deem it necessary.

(2.) No candidate will be permitted to proceed to India before
he shall have passed the Final Examination and received a
certificate of qualification from the Civil Service Commissioners,
or after he shall have attained the age of twenty-four years.

(3.) The seniority in the Civil Service of India of the
selected Candidates shall be determined according to the order
in which they stand on the list resulting from the Final
Examination.

(4.) It is the intention of the Secretary of State to allow the
sum of £50 after each of the three first half-years of probation,
and £150 after the last half-year, to each selected Candidate
who shall have passed the required examinations to the satis-
faction of the Commissioners, and shall have complied with
such rules as may be laid down for the guidance of selected
Candidates.

(5.) All selected Candidates will be required, after having
passed the second periodical Examination, to attend at the
India Office for the purpose of entering into an agreement
binding themselves, amongst other things, to refund in certain
cases the amount of their allowance in the event of their
failing to proceed to India. For a Candidate under age, a
surety will be required.

(6.) After passing the Final Examination, each Candidate
will be required to attend again at the India Office, with the
view of entering into covenants and giving a bond for £1,000,
jointly with two sureties, for the due fulfilment of the same.
The stamps payable on these documents amount to £1 10s.

(7.) Candidates rejected at the Final Examination of 1876
will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-examina-
tion.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

FORM OF APPLICATION TO BE FILLED UP BY
CANDIDATES.

N.B.—This Form must be sent so as to be received at
the Office of the Civil Service Commission before the
1st of February, 1874.

To the Secretary, Civil Service Commission.

SIR,— Date.

I beg to inform you that I desire to be a
Candidate at the forthcoming Examination for the
Civil Service of India.

As required by the Regulations, I transmit here-
with—

(1.) A certificate of my birth, showing that I was
born on the day of 18
and that therefore my age on March 1,
1874, will be above 17 years (complete),
and under 21 years.†

(2.) A certificate signed by
of my having "no disease, constitutional
affection, or bodily infirmity unfitting me
for the Civil Service of India."‡

• This choice must be exercised immediately after the result
  of the open competition is announced, on such day as may be
  fixed by the Civil Service Commissioners.

† (1.) If a General Register Office certificate cannot be
obtained, the instructions printed on the other side will show
what evidence should be supplied. If evidence is already in
the hands of the Commissioners, strike out "A certificate of my
birth," and insert "Evidence is already in the possession of the
Commissioners."

(2.) The terms indicated by the marks of quotation must
appear in the certificate, which must be given after personal
examination, and bear date not earlier than 1st January, 1874.

(3.) Proof of my moral character,* viz.:—
(1.) A testimonial from
(2.) A testimonial from

(4.) A statement of the branches of knowledge in
which I desire to be examined,† viz. :—

I have also to state, with reference to section 2,
clause (a), of the Regulations, that I am a natural-
born subject of Her Majesty.

I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant,

Name in full
Address

EVIDENCE OF AGE TO BE REQUIRED FROM CANDI-
DATES FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

I. Every Candidate born in England or Wales
should produce a certificate from the Registrar-
General of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, or from
one of his provincial officers. This certificate may
be obtained at Somerset House, or from the Super-
intendent Registrar of the District in which the birth
took place.

II. A Candidate who is a native of India must
have his age certified by the Government of India,
or of the Presidency or Province in which he may
have resided.

III. Every other Candidate not producing the cer-
tificate mentioned in clause 1, must prove his age by
statutory declaration, and should also, if possible,
produce a record of birth or baptism from some
official register, under which term may be included
the parochial registers of baptisms, the non-parochial
registers of baptisms and births deposited at Somerset
House under Acts of Parliament, the register kept
at the India Office of persons born in India, &c., &c.
This Regulation applies—

1. To all Candidates not born in England or
   Wales.

2. To Candidates who, though born in England
   or Wales, cannot produce the Registrar-
   General's Certificate.

The Civil Service Commissioners reserve to them-
selves the right of deciding in each case upon the
sufficiency of the evidence produced, but they subjoin
the following general rules for the guidance of
Candidates :—

(a.) The declaration should specify precisely the
date and place of birth, and should, if pos-
sible, be made by the father or mother of
the Candidate. If made by any other
person, it should state the circumstances
which enable the declarant to speak to the
fact. If an entry in a Bible or other family
record be referred to, the Bible or other
record must be produced at the time of
making the declaration, and must be men-
tioned in the declaration as having been so
produced.

(b.) If the Candidate was born in England or
Wales, the declaration must contain a
statement, that after due inquiry no entry
has been found in the books of the Regis-
trar-General; or a separate declaration
must be made to that effect.

(c.) If no extract from any register is produced,
the declaration must contain a statement,

• (3.) Two testimonials must be sent bearing date not earlier
  than 1st January, 1874. One of them should be given by an
  intimate acquaintance (not a relative) of not less than three or
  four years' standing; the other, if the Candidate has recently
  left school, should be given by his late schoolmaster, or if he
  has had employment of any kind, by his late employer. If the
  Candidate has been at any University, he should send a certifi-
  cate of good conduct from his College tutor.

† (4.) If mathematics be named, state whether pure or
mixed, or both are intended; if natural science be mentioned,
state which branches.