THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 139

EVIDENCE OF AGE TO BE REQUIRED FROM CANDIDATES
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 sub-
join 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 enabled
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 declara-
tion, and must be mentioned in the declaration
as having been so produced.

(b.) If the candidate was born in England or
Wales, the declaration must contain a state-
ment that after due inquiry no entry has been
found in the books of the Registrar-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
that after due inquiry no such record is
believed to exist; or a separate declaration
must be made to that effect.

(d.) Statutory declarations must be exactly in the
form prescribed by the Act of 5 and 6
William IV., c. 62. A printed form, if re-
quired, will be supplied on application to the
Civil Service Commissioners.

N.B. Clergymen, as such, are not qualified to take
declarations.

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF
INDIA.

REGULATIONS FOR THE OPEN COMPETITION OF JUNE
AND JULY, 1879.

N.B. The Regulations are liable to be altered in
future years.

1. On the 17th June, 1879, and following days,
   an examination of candidates will be held in London.
   At this examination not fewer than candidates
   will be selected, if so many shall be found duly quali-
   fied. Of these, will be selected for Presi-
   dency of Bengal, [ for the Upper Provinces,
   and for the Lower Provinces,] for
   that of Madras, and for that of Bombay.*-
   Notice will hereafter be given of the days and place
   of examination.

2. Any person desirous of competing at this
   examination must produce to the Civil Service Com-
   missioners, before the 1st of April, 1879, evidence
   showing-

(a) That he is a natural-born subject of Her
Majesty.

(b) That his age will be above seventeen years on
the first of June, 1879, and under nineteen
years on the first of January, 1879.† [N.B.-
In the case of Natives of India this must be
certified by the Government of India, or of
the Presidency or Province in which the candi-
date may have resided.]

(c) That he has no disease, constitutional affection,
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 Com-
   missioners, 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 candi-
   date, 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:-

** English composition ... Marks.
300
†† History of England, including a period selected
by the candidate ... 300
†† English literature, including books selected
by the candidate ... 300
Greek ... 600
Latin ... 800
French ... 500
German ... 500
Italian ... 400

• The number of appointments to be made, and the number
  in each Presidency, &c., will be announced hereafter.

† At the open competition to be held in 1880, candidates
will be required to be above 17 on the 1st June, and under 19
on the 1st January, of that year. At subsequent competitions,
they will be required to be above 17 and under 19 on 1st June
of the year in which the competition is held.

‡ Evidence of health and character must bear date not
earlier than the 1st March, 1879.

§ 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.

** Marks assigned in English composition and mathematics
will be subject to no deduction.

†† A considerable portion of the marks for English history
and literature will be allotted to the work specially prepared.
In awarding marks for this, regard will be had partly to the
extent and importance of the periods or books selected, and
partly to the thoroughness with which they have been studied

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

OPEN COMPETITION OF JUNE AND JULY, 1879.
History of England.—Period selected by the under-
signed candidate :-
English Literature.—Books selected by the under-
signed candidate :- (Signature.)