1606
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

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 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 Commissioners)(a) .. .. .. 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 exceeding three of the following subjects:—
Elementary chemistry and elementary 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 constitution) .. .. .. .. 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)(b) .. .. 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 jurisprudence, the early history of institutions, and theory of legislation) .. .. 500
Roman law .. .. .. .. 500
English law. Under the head of “English law” shall be included the following subjects—viz., (1) law of contract, (2) law of evidence, (3) law of the Constitution, (4) criminal law, (5) law of real property; and of these five subjects candidates shall be at liberty to offer any four, but not more than four .. .. .. 500

Candidates are at liberty to name any or all of these branches of knowledge(c). 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(d) 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(a):—

Compulsory—
Marks.
(1.) Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code .. .. .. 500
(2.) The principal vernacular language of the province to which the candidate is assigned .. .. .. 400
(3.) The Indian Evidence Act and the Indian Contract Act .. .. .. 500

Optional [not more than two of the following subjects, of which one must be either the Code of Civil Procedure or Hindu and Muhammadan law]—
(1.) The Code of Civil Procedure .. .. 400
(2.) Hindu and Muhammadan law .. .. 450
(3.) Sanskrit .. .. .. 400
(4.) Arabic .. .. .. 400
(5.) Persian .. .. .. 400
(6.) History of British India .. .. 350
(7.) Chinese (for candidates assigned to the Province of Burma only) .. .. 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 or 100 marks, according to the degree of proficiency displayed, 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 in the year previous to that in which the examination is to be held. The forms must be returned so as to be received at the office of the Civil Service Commissioners on or before the 31st May (or, if that date should fall upon a Sunday or public holiday, then on or before the first day thereafter on which their office is open) in the year in which the examination is to be held.

(a) In the syllabus referred to in note (c).
(b) See note (c).
(c) A syllabus, defining in general terms the character of the examination in the various subjects, may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission.
(d) No deduction will be made from the marks assigned to candidates in mathematics or English composition.

(a) 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.