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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

deemed to be a selected candidate. A selected can-
didate 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*:

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 Commis-
sioners 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, Lon-
don, S.W., from whom the proper form for the
purpose may be obtained.

4th August, 1876.

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 chose,† accord-
ng 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.
(2.) No candidate will be permitted to proceed to India be-
fore 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.

• 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 language 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.

(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 satisfaction
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 pro-
ceed to India. For a candidate under age a surety will be re-
quired.
(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. The stamps payable on these docu-
ments amount to £1.
(7.) Candidates rejected at the final examination of 1879 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, 1877.

(Date.)

SIR,—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 that therefore my age on 1st March, 1877,
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."†

(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.)

To the Secretary,
Civil Service Commission.

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-

• If a General Register Office certificate cannot be ob-
  tained, 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."

† 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, 1877.

‡ Two testimonials must be sent bearing date not earlier
than 1st January, 1877. 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 certi-
ficate of good conduct from his College tutor.

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