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which they will bind themselves to agree to such
regulations for the provision of pensions for their
families as may be approved by the Secretary of
State for India in Council."

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE
OF INDIA.

REGULATIONS FOR THE OPEN COMPETITION OF
JUNE, 1881.

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

1. On the 2nd June, 1881, and following days, an
   examination, open to all qualified persons, will be
   held in London. (1) Not fewer than candidates
   will be selected, if so many shall be found duly
   qualified, viz.,
   for the Presidency of Bengal
   for the Upper, and
   for that of Madras, and
   Provinces),
   for that of Bombay.(2)
   for the Lower

2. No person will be deemed qualified who shall
   not satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners-

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

(2.) That his age will be above seventeen years and
under nineteen years on the 1st June, 1881.
[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
candidate may have resided.]

(3.) That he has no disease, constitutional affection,
or bodily infirmity unfitting him, or likely to
unfit him, for the Civil Service of India.

(4.) That he is of good moral character.

(5.) That he has paid such fee as may be prescribed
under the provisions of the Order in Council
of the 22nd March, 1879. (3)

3. Should the evidence upon the above points be
   prima facie satisfactory to the Civil Service Com-
   missioners, the candidate will 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 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
(4) History of England, including a period selected
by the candidate
(4) English literature, including books selected by
the candidate
Greek
Latin
French
German
Italian

Marks.
300

300

300
600
800
500
500
400

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

(*) The number will be announced hereafter.

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

(4) 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.

(5) Mathematics (pure and mixed) ... ... ... ... ... Marks.
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 philosophy, with
outlines of astronomy, 300.
Logic ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 300
Elements of political economy ... ... ... 300
(5) Sanskrit ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 500
(6) Arabic ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 500
Candidates are at liberty to name any or all of
these branches of knowledge. No subjects are
obligatory.

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." (7)

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
   number of marks than any of the remaining candidates,
   will be set forth in order of 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 candidate. A selected candidate declining
   to accept the appointment which may be offered to
   him will be disqualified for any subsequent com-
   petition.

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 :-(8)

10. Law ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Marks.
    1,250

11. Classical languages of India-
    Sanskrit ... ... ... ... ... 500
    Arabic ... ... ... ... ... 400
    Persian ... ... ... ... ... 400

12. Vernacular languages of India (each) ... 400

13. The history and geography of India ... 350

14. Political economy ... ... ... ... ... 350

In these examinations, as in the open competition,
the merit of the candidates examined will be estimated
by marks, and the number set opposite to each sub-
ject denotes the greatest number of marks that can
be obtained in respect of it at any one examination.
The examination will be conducted on paper and
vivâ voce, 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

(5) 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.

(5) 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 education.

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

(8) 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.