Dec. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1393

Southland Hussars.
Honorary Chaplain Sydney C. J. Grime. Date of resignation, 16th November, 1885.

1st Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers.
Captain and Adjutant Richard Henry Leary. Date of resignation, 9th October, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Trustees of Recreation Reserve in Papakura Block, Hawke’s Bay, resigned.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignations by

The Hon. Sir G. S. WHITMORE, K.C.M.G.,
HENRY STOKES TIFFEN, Esq., and
CHARLES HERMAN WEBER, Esq.,

as Trustees of the Recreation Reserve, Section 19, Papakura Block, Heretaunga Survey District, Hawke’s Bay.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th November, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JOHN GEORGE SHRIMPTON, Esq.,

of Christchurch, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Despatch.—Regulations for Examinations for Indian Civil Service.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1885.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 15th September, 1885.

Sir,—I have the honour to transmit to you, at the request of the Civil Service Commissioners, the enclosed regulations, &c., for an examination of candidates for the Civil Service of India, which is to be held in 1886.

I have, &c.,

FRED. STANLEY.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

REGULATIONS FOR THE OPEN COMPETITION OF JUNE, 1886.

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

1. On the 1st June, 1886, and following days, an examination, open to all qualified persons, will be held in London.(1) Not fewer than persons will be selected, if so many shall be found duly qualified, viz., for the Lower Provinces of Bengal (including Assam), for the Upper Provinces of Bengal (including the Punjab and Oudh), for Burma, for Madras, and for Bombay.(2)

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 January, 1886 [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.

3. Should the evidence upon the above points be prima facie satisfactory to the Civil Service Commissioners, the candidate, on payment of the prescribed fee(3), 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:—

Natural science: that is, the elements of any two of the following sciences, viz.,— Chemistry, 500; electricity and magnetism, 300; experimental laws of heat and light, 300; mechanical philosophy, with outlines of astronomy, 300.

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 estimated 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(7), in order to secure that “a candidate be allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smatterer.”

7. The examination will be conducted on paper and viva 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 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:—(8)

(1) An order for admission to the examination will be sent to each candidate on the 18th May.

(2) The numbers will be announced hereafter.

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

(4) A considerable portion of the marks for English history and literature will be allotted to the work selected by the candidate. 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) 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.

(6) 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. Each science will, for the purpose of deduction, be treated as a separate subject.

(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.