May 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 717

hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of
the said public work or by the taking of the said land shall,
if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution
of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set
forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within
forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the
Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Land District of Auckland; as the same is more
particularly delineated on plan marked S.G. 22766, de-
posited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and
Survey, at Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington,
and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-four.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

Civil Service of India.

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1894.

THE following regulations, received from the Colonial
Office, are published for general information.

A. J. CADMAN,
For the Minister of Education.

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

Regulations for the Open Competition of August, 1894.

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

1. On the 1st August, 1894, and following days, an examina-
   tion, open to all qualified persons, will be held in London(a).
   Not fewer than 60 persons will be selected if so many shall
   be found duly qualified—viz., 14 for the Lower Provinces of
   Bengal (including Assam), 25 for the Upper Provinces of
   Bengal (including the Punjab, Oudh, and the Central Pro-
   vincs), 6 for Burma, 8 for Madras, and 7 for Bombay(b).

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 twenty-one years and
under twenty-three years on the 1st April, 1894.
[N.B.—In the case of natives of India it will
be necessary for a candidate to obtain a certifi-
cate of age and nationality, signed, should he be
a resident in British India, by the Secretary to
Government of the province, or the Commissioner
of the division within which his family resides,
or, should he reside in a native State, by the
highest political officer accredited to the State in
which his family resides.]
(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(c), 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 candi-
   date, 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, he will be removed
   from the position of a probationer.

(a) An order for admission to the examination will be sent to
each candidate on the 18th July, 1894.
(b) For the method of distribution see No.1 of the announcements
following.
(c) The fee (£5) will be payable by means of a special stamp,
according to instructions which will be communicated to candi-
dates.

4. The open competitive examination will take place only
   in the following branches of knowledge:—

Marks.

English composition .. .. 500
Sanskrit language and literature .. .. 500
Arabic language and literature .. .. 500
Greek language and literature .. .. 750
Latin language and literature .. .. 750
English language and literature (including
special period named by the Commis-
sioners)(d) .. .. .. 500
French language and literature .. .. 500
German language and literature .. .. 500
Mathematics (pure and applied) .. .. 900
Advanced mathematical subjects (pure and
applied) .. .. .. 900
Natural science—i.e., any number not ex-
ceeding three of the following subjects:—
Elementary chemistry and ele-
mentary physics .. .. 600
(N.B.—This subject may not
be taken up by those who offer
either higher chemistry or
higher physics.)
Higher chemistry .. .. 600
Higher physics .. .. 600
Geology .. .. 600
Botany .. .. 600
Zoology .. .. 600
Animal physiology .. .. 600
} 1,800
Greek history (ancient, including constitution) 400
Roman history (ancient, including constitu-
tion) .. .. .. .. 400
English history .. .. .. .. 500
General modern history (period to be selected
by candidates from list in the syllabus issued
by the Commissioners, one period at least to
include Indian history)(e) .. .. 500
Logic and mental philosophy (ancient and
modern) .. .. .. .. 400
Moral philosophy (ancient and modern) .. 400
Political economy and economic history .. 500
Political science (including analytical juris-
prudence, the early history of institutions,
and theory of legislation) .. .. 500
Roman law .. .. .. .. 500
English law—viz., law of contract, criminal
law, law of evidence, and law of the Consti-
tution .. .. .. .. 500

Candidates are at liberty to name any or all of these branches
of knowledge(f). 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 Commis-
   sioners 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 men-
   tioned, 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):—

(d) In the syllabus referred to in note (f).
(e) See note (f).
(f) A syllabus, defining in general terms the character of the
examination in the various subjects, may be obtained on applica-
tion to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission.
(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.

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