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closed regulations for an examination of candidates mission to the Civil Service of India; and if already
for the Civil Service of India, which is to be held in selected, will be removed from the position of a
June, 1880.
Probationer.

I have, &c.,
M. E. HICKS BEACH.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

THE Civil Service Commissioners have been requested
to inform candidates for the Indian Civil Service that
"in the event of their being appointed to the service
they will not be admitted to the existing civil funds,
but that they will be required, as a condition of their
appointment, to subscribe to a new fund which is
about to be established by the Secretary of State for
India in Council for the grant of pensions to the
families of future members of the Indian Civil
Service."

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE
OF INDIA.

REGULATIONS FOR THE OPEN COMPETITION OF JUNE
AND JULY, 1880.

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

1. On June 15th, 1880, and following days, an ex-
   amination, open to all qualified persons, being natural-
   born subjects of Her Majesty, will be held in Lon-
   don. Not fewer than candidates will be se-
   lected, if so many shall be found duly qualified—viz.
   for the Presidency of Bengal [
   for the Upper, and
   for the Lower Pro-
   vinces],
   for that of Madras, and
   for that of Bombay. (1)

2. Any person desirous of competing at this ex-
   amination must produce to the Civil Service Com-
   missioners, before the 1st of April, 1880, evidence
   showing—

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

(b.) That his age will be above seventeen years on
the 1st of June, 1880, and under nineteen
years on the 1st of January, 1880. (2) [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. (3)

(d.) That he is of good moral character. (3)

He must also pay such fee as the Secretary of State
for India may prescribe. (4)

3. Should the evidence upon the above points be
   primâ 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
   candidate, should be unsatisfactory to them in any
   of the above respects, he will be ineligible for ad-

(1) The number to be selected will be announced hereafter.
Notice of the days and place of examination will be sent to each
candidate about the end of May.

(2) At subsequent competitions candidates will be required to
be above 17 and under 19 on the 1st June of the year in which
the competition is held.

(3) Evidence of health and character must bear date not
earlier than the 1st March, 1880.

(4) The fee will be £5, payable by means of a special stamp,
according to instructions which will be communicated to can-
didates.

4. The examination will take place only in the
   following branches of knowledge:--

Marks.
(5) English composition 300
(6) History of England, including a period selected
by the candidate 300
(6) English literature, including books selected
by the candidate 300
Greek 600
Latin 800
French 500
German 500
Italian 400
(7) Mathematics (pure and mixed) 1,000
Natural science; that is, the elements of any
two of the following sciences, viz.:—
Chemistry, 500; electricity and magne-
tism, 300; experimental laws of heat
and light, 300; mechanical philoso-
phy, with outlines of astronomy, 300.
Logic 300
Elements of political economy 300
(8) Sanskrit 500
(8) Arabic 500

Candidates are at liberty to name, before the 1st
April, 1880, any or all of these branches of know-
ledge. No subjects are obligatory.(9)

5. The merit of the persons examined will be es-
   timated 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. The marks assigned to candidates in each branch
   will be subject to such deduction as the Civil Service
   Commissioners may deem necessary, in order to
   secure that "a candidate be allowed no credit at all
   for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smat-
   terer." (5)

7. The examination will be conducted on paper
   and vivâ voce, as may be deemed necessary.

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
   several candidates who shall have obtained, after the
   deduction above mentioned, a greater aggregate num-
   ber of marks than any of the remaining candidates,
   will be set forth in order of merit, and such candi-
   dates 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 declin-
   ing to accept the appointment which may be offered
   to him will be disqualified for any subsequent compe-
   tition.

(5) Marks assigned in English composition and mathematics
will be subject to no deduction.

(6) A considerable portion of the marks for English history
and literature will be allotted to the work selected by the can-
didate. In awarding marks for this, regard will be had partly
to the extent and importance of the periods or books selected,
but chiefly to the thoroughness with which they have been
studied.

(7) The examination will range from arithmetic, algebra, and
elementary geometry, up to the elements of the differential
and integral calculus, including the lower portions of applied
mathematics.

(8). The standard of marking in Sanskrit and Arabic will be
determined with reference to a high degree of proficiency, such
as may be expected to be reached by a Native of good educa-
tion.

(9) Applications for leave to alter or to add to the list of
subjects named will not be entertained unless received on or
before the 15th May, 1880.