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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 can-
didate. A selected candidate declining to accept the
appointment which may be offered to him will be
disqualified for any subsequent competition.

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*:

10. Oriental Languages— Marks.
    Sanskrit 500
    Vernacular† Languages of India
    (each) 400

11. The History and Geography of
    India 350

12. Law 1,250

13. 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
    pursuing 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 Ex-
    amination, shall be found to have a competent know-
    ledge of the subjects specified in regulation 9, and
    who shall have satisfied the Civil Service Commis-
    sioners of their eligibility in respect of age, health,
    and character, shall be certified by the said Com-
    missioners 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 ad-
    mitted as candidates are to be addressed to the
    Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners, Lon-
    don, S.W., from whom the proper form for the pur-
    pose may be obtained.

29th July, 1874.

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
shall be appointed; but this choice will be subject to a different
arrangement should the Secretary of State or Government of
India deem it necessary.

• 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.

‡ 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.

(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 1877
will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-
examination.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

FORM OF APPLICATION; TO BE FILLED UP BY
CANDIDATES.

** This Form must be sent so as to be received at the
Office of the Civil Service Commission before the
1st of February, 1875.

(Date.)

SIR,—

I beg to inform you that I desire to be a can-
didate 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, 1875,
will be above 17 years (complete), and under
21 years.*

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

(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,

• (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, 1875.

‡ (3.) Two testimonials must be sent bearing date not
earlier than 1st January, 1875. 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
certificate 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.