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(g) 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 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 candidate entitled to be deemed a selected candidate, but declining to accept the nomination as such 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 one year, at the end of which time they will be examined with the view of testing their progress in the following subjects(h):—

Compulsory—

1. Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code, 1882 ... ... ... ... 500

2. The principal vernacular language of the province to which the candidate is assigned ... ... ... ... 400

3. History of British India.. ... ... ... 300

Optional [not more than two of these subjects]—

1. “The Code of Civil Procedure, 1882,” and “The Indian Contract Act, 1872” ... 450

2. Hindu and Muhammadan law ... 350

*3. Sanskrit ... ... ... 400

*4. Arabic.. ... ... ... 400

5. Persian ... ... ... 400

*6. Political economy ... ... 400

• These subjects may not be offered by any candidate who has offered them at the open competition.

In this examination, as in the open competition, the merit of the candidates examined will be estimated by marks (which will be subject to deductions in the same way as the marks assigned at the open competition), and the number set opposite to each subject denotes the greatest number of marks that can be obtained in respect of it. The examination will be conducted on paper and vivâ voce, as may be deemed necessary. This examination will be held at the close of the year of probation, and will be called the “final examination.”

10. The selected candidates will also be tested during their probation as to their proficiency in riding. The examinations in riding will be held as follows:—

(1.) Shortly after the result of the open competitive examination has been declared, or at such time or times as the Commissioners may appoint during the course of the probationary year.

(2.) Again, at the time of the final examination, candidates who may fully satisfy the Commissioners of their ability to ride well and to perform journeys on horseback shall receive a certificate which shall entitle them to be credited with 200 marks, to be added to their marks in the final examination.

(3.) Candidates who fail to obtain this certificate, but who gain a certificate of minimum proficiency in riding, will be allowed to proceed to India, but will be subjected on their arrival to such further tests in riding as may be prescribed by their Government, and shall receive no increase to their initial salary until they have passed such tests to the satisfaction of that Government. A candidate who fails at the end of the year of probation to gain at least the certificate of minimum proficiency in riding will be liable to have his name removed from the list of selected candidates.

11. 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.

12. 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, 1893. The forms must be returned so as to be received at the office of the Civil Service Commissioners on or before the 31st May, 1894(i).

The Civil Service Commissioners are authorised by the Secretary of State for India in Council to make the following announcements:—

(1.) Selected candidates will be allotted to the various provinces upon a consideration of all the circumstances, including their own wishes; but the requirements of the public service will rank before every other consideration.

(2.) An allowance amounting to £100 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 final examination 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.

(3.) The allowance of £100 will not be paid to any selected candidate until he has been certified by the Civil Service Commissioners to be entitled to be appointed to the Civil Service of India; and every certificated candidate must, before receiving his allowance, attend at the India Office and give a written undertaking to refund the amount in the event of his failing to proceed to India.

(4.) All candidates obtaining certificates will be also required to enter 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.

(5.) The seniority in the Civil Service of India of the selected candidates will be determined according to the order in which they stand on the list resulting from the combined marks of the open competitive and final examinations.

(6.) Selected candidates 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.

(7.) Candidates rejected at the final examination of 1895 will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-examination.

Civil Service Commission, January, 1894.

(i) 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 May, 1894.

Bonus on Starch manufactured in New Zealand.—Amended Notice.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,

Wellington, 15th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of two pounds (£2) a ton will be paid on 100 tons of starch manufactured in the Colony of New Zealand in each of the years 1893 and 1894.

CONDITIONS.

1. Notice of intention to claim the bonus for 100 tons in 1893 must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1893. Notice of intention to claim the bonus for 100 tons in 1894 must be given in the same manner not later than the 31st December, 1894.

2. The claims must be made respectively before the 31st December, 1893 and 1894.

3. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions is to be the recipient of the bonus.

4. Evidence to be produced of such a nature as will enable an officer appointed by the Government to certify that the above-stated quantity in each year has been actually made, sold, and delivered.

5. The bonus to be paid only on the certificate of such officer.

R. A. BUCKLEY.

[NOTE.—The above notice is in lieu of notice dated 10th October, 1893, published in Gazette of 12th October, 1893.]

g) 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.

(h) Instructions, showing the extent of the examination, will be issued to the successful candidates as soon as possible after the result of the open competition is declared.