1394

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 68

(1.) Law

(2.) Classical languages of India-

Sanskrit

Arabic

Persian

(3.) Vernacular languages of India (each)

(4.) The history and geography of India

(5.) Political economy

Marks.

1,250

500

400

400

400

350

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 subject 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 "Final Examination," at which it will be decided whether a selected candidate is qualified for the Civil Service of India. At this examination candidates will be permitted to take up any one of the following branches of natural science, viz., agricultural chemistry, botany, geology, or zoology, for which 350 marks will be allowed.

10. Candidates will be tested during their probation as to their ability to perform journeys on horseback; and no candidate will be deemed qualified for the Civil Service of India who fails to satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners of his competence in this respect.

11. Any candidate who, at any of the periodical examinations, shall appear to have wilfully neglected his studies, or to be physically incapacitated for pursuing the prescribed course of training, will be liable to have his name removed from the list of selected candidates.

12. 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 Commissioners of their eligibility in respect of nationality, age, health, character, and ability to ride, shall be certified by the said Commissioners 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.

13. Persons desirous to be admitted as candidates must apply on forms, which may be obtained from the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, London, S.W., at any time after the 1st December, 1885. The forms must be returned so as to be received at the office of the Civil Service Commissioners on or before the 31st March, 1886.(1)

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 choose, according to the order in which they stand in the list resulting from the open competition, so 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 the Government of India deem it necessary.(2)

(2.) The probationers, having passed the necessary examinations, will be required to report their arrival in India within such period after the grant of their certificate of qualification as the Secretary of State may in each case direct.

(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.

(4.) An allowance amounting to £300 will be given to all candidates who pass their probation at one of the universities or colleges which have been approved by the Secretary of State, viz., the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburgh, St. Andrew's, and Aberdeen; University College, London; and King's College, London; provided such candidates shall have passed the required examinations to the satisfaction of the Civil Service Commissioners, and shall have complied with such rules as may be laid down for the guidance of selected candidates.

Candidates are not permitted to migrate from the university originally chosen by them to another university without first applying to the India Office for the permission, and receiving the sanction of the Secretary of State, who will not entertain such applications unless good and sufficient reasons are assigned.

(5.) Selected candidates desiring to remain in this country an additional year after the completion of their two years' probation for the purpose of taking a degree at one of the

universities above mentioned should apply to the Secretary of State for India for permission to do so. Besides the allowances above mentioned, a bonus of £150 will, as a temporary and experimental measure, be paid to any candidate who, having obtained permission to remain an additional year, passes an examination qualifying for a degree in honours at Oxford or Cambridge, or, being a student of University College, London, passes with credit an honour examination of the University of London. This privilege will be hereafter extended to any other of the universities above referred to, at which an academical distinction is obtainable which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, corresponds to a degree in honours at Oxford or Cambridge, and to obtain which the additional year's residence in this country is necessary.

(6.) All selected candidates will be required, after having passed the first periodical examination, and before receiving the first instalment of their allowance, 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 proceed to India. A surety will be required.

(7.) After passing the final examination each candidate will be required to attend again at the India Office, with the view of entering into covenants, by which, amongst other things, 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. The stamps payable on these covenants amount to £1.

(8.) Candidates rejected at the final examination of 1888 will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-examination.

NOTICE RESPECTING THE EXAMINATION IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND AND ENGLISH LITERATURE.

History of England.

For the guidance of candidates who may have a difficulty in making their selections for special study under this head, the following list is given as indicating the character and amount of reading that would be regarded as satisfactory.

Any one of the following periods, to be studied generally in Bright's History, or (for the two first periods) Green's "History of the English People;" and more particularly in portions selected by the candidate of the text-books named:-

1. A.D. 1066-1307: Stubbs's Select Charters; Stubbs's Constitutional History of England; Freeman's Norman Conquest, Vol. v.

2. A.D. 1461-1588: Hallam's Constitutional History of England; Froude's History of England; Brewer's Henry VIII.

3. A.D. 1603-1715: Hallam's Constitutional History of England; Macaulay's History of England; Gardiner's History of England; Wyon's Reign of Queen Anne.

4. A.D. 1715-1805: Lord Stanhope's History; Sir T. E. May's Constitutional History; Seeley's Expansion of England; Massey's Reign of George III.

English Literature.

Under this head there will be (besides the general paper) a special paper on the following books:-

1. Chaucer: Prologue and Knighte's Tale.

2. Shakespeare: King Lear, Merchant of Venice.

3. Bacon: Essays, I.-XXX. inclusive.

4. Byron: Childe Harold.

5. Burke: Thoughts on Present Discontents; Speeches on American Taxation and Conciliation with America.

The oral examination in English literature will have reference chiefly to such works, not included in the foregoing list, as the candidate may offer for the purpose.

Civil Service Commission, 1st September, 1885.

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 on or before the 31st March, 1886.

(Date.)

Sir,-Being desirous to offer myself as a candidate at the examination for the Civil Service of India, which is appointed to commence on the 1st of June, 1886, I transmit herewith, as required by the regulations,-

(1.) A certificate of my birth, showing that I was born on the day of , 18 , and that therefore my age was above 17 years and under 19 years on the 1st of January, 1886.(1)

(1) If a General Register Office certificate cannot be obtained, 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."

(1) These forms should be accompanied by evidence on the points mentioned in Regulation 2, and by a list of the subjects in which the candidate desires to be examined. Evidence of health and character must bear date not earlier than the 1st March, 1886. Applications for leave to alter or add to the list of subjects named will not be entertained unless received on or before the 4th May.

(2) 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.