Sept. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1607

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; Victoria University, Manchester; 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 conducted themselves well, and complied with such rules as may be laid down for the guidance of selected candidates. The whole probation must ordinarily be passed at the same institution. Migration will not be permitted except for special reasons approved by the Secretary of State.

(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, 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 make such payments as under the rules and regulations for the time being in force they may be required to make towards their own pensions or for the pensions of their families. 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 held in any year will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-examination.

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CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

CLERKSHIPS (CLASS I.) IN THE HOME CIVIL SERVICE; AND EASTERN CADETSHIPS.

Syllabus showing the Extent of the Examination in certain Subjects.

English Composition.—An essay to be written on one of several subjects specified by the Civil Service Commissioners on their examination-paper.

English Language and Literature.—The examination will be in two parts. In the one the candidates will be expected to show a general acquaintance with the course of English literature as represented (mainly) by the following writers in verse and prose between the reign of Edward III. and the accession of Queen Victoria:—Verse: Chaucer, Langland, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Gray, Collins, Johnson, Goldsmith, Crabbe, Cowper, Campbell, Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats. Prose: Bacon, Sir Thomas Browne, Milton, Cowley, Bunyan, Dryden, Swift, Defoe, Addison, Johnson, Burke, Scott, Macaulay (essays and biographies).

A minute knowledge of the works of these authors will not be looked for in this part of the examination, which will, however, test how far the candidates have studied the chief productions of the greatest English writers in themselves, and are acquainted with the leading characteristics of their thought and style, and with the place which each of them occupies in the history of English literature. Candidates will also be expected to show that they have studied in these authors the history of the English language in respect of its vocabulary, syntax, and prosody.

The other part of the examination will relate to one of the periods named below, which will follow each other year by year in the order indicated.

1. (1897.) A.D. 1600 to A.D. 1700 (Shakespeare to Dryden).
2. (1898.) A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1800 (Pope to Cowper).
3. (1899.) A.D. 1800 to A.D. 1832 (nineteenth-century writers to the death of Scott).
4. (1900.) A.D. 1360 to A.D. 1600 (Chaucer to Spenser).

The examination in this part will require from candidates a more minute acquaintance with the history of the English language and literature, as illustrated in the chief works produced in each period, and will be based to a considerable extent, but by no means exclusively, on certain books specified each year by the Commissioners.* The names placed under the dates are intended to suggest the general character of the literary development of the period, and, consequently, the natural limits of the examination. All the works of Shakespeare, for example, will be regarded as falling within the period 1600 to 1700; all the works of Swift within the period 1700 to 1800; all the works of Scott and Wordsworth, and all the works of Macaulay, within the period 1800 to 1832.

French Language and Literature.—Translation from French into English, and from English into French. Critical questions on the French language and literature.

German Language and Literature.—Translation from German into English, and from English into German. Critical questions on the German language and literature.

Latin Language and Literature.—Translation from Latin into English, composition in prose and verse, or (as an alternative for verse-composition) a Latin essay or letter. Critical questions on the Latin language (including questions on philology) and literature.

Greek Language and Literature.—Translation from Greek into English, composition in prose and verse, or (as an alternative for verse-composition) a Greek dialogue or oration. Critical questions on the Greek language (including questions on philology) and literature.

Sanskrit Language and Literature.—Translation from Sanskrit into English, and from English into Sanskrit. History of Sanskrit literature (including knowledge of such Indian history as bears upon the subject); Sanskrit grammar; Vedic philology.

Arabic Language and Literature.—Translations as in Sanskrit. History of Arabic literature; Arabic grammar; Arabic prosody.

English History.—General questions on English history from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1848; questions on the Constitutional History of England from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1848.

General Modern History.—Candidates may, at their choice, be examined in any one of the following periods: 1. From the accession of Charlemagne to the Third Crusade (A.D. 800 to A.D. 1193). 2. From the Third Crusade to the Diet of Worms (A.D. 1193 to A.D. 1521). 3. From the Diet of Worms to the death of Louis XIV. (A.D. 1521 to A.D. 1715). 4. From the accession of Louis XV. to the French Revolution of 1848 (A.D. 1715 to A.D. 1848). Periods 3 and 4 will include Indian history.

Greek History.—Questions on the general history of Greece to the death of Alexander; questions on the constitutional history of Greece during the same period.

Roman History.—Questions on the general history of Rome to the death of Vespasian; questions on the constitutional history of Rome during the same period.

In Greek and Roman history candidates will be expected to show a knowledge of the original authorities.

Mathematics.—Pure mathematics: Algebra, geometry (Euclid and geometrical conic sections), plane trigonometry, plane analytical geometry (less advanced portions), differential calculus (elementary), integral calculus (elementary). Applied mathematics: Statics, dynamics of a particle, hydrostatics, geometrical optics; all treated without the aid of the differential or integral calculus.

Advanced Mathematics.—Pure mathematics: Higher algebra, including theory of equations, plane and spherical trigonometry, differential calculus, integral calculus, differential equations, analytical geometry, plane and solid. Applied mathematics: Statics, including attractions, dynamics of a particle, rigid dynamics, hydromechanics, geometrical and physical optics, and geometrical astronomy.

Political Economy and Economic History.—Candidates will be expected to possess a knowledge of economic theory as treated in the larger text-books; also, a knowledge of the existing economic conditions, and of statistical methods as applied to economic inquiries, together with a general knowledge of the history of industry, land-tenure, and economic legislation in the United Kingdom.

Logic and Mental Philosophy (Ancient and Modern).—Logic will include both deductive and inductive logic. Mental philosophy will include psychology and metaphysics.

Political Science.—The examination will not be confined to analytical jurisprudence, early institutions, and theory of legislation, but may embrace comparative politics, the history of political theories, &c. Candidates will be expected to show a knowledge of original authorities.

Civil Service Commission, 21st July, 1896.

*The books for 1897 are:—Shakespeare: Richard III., Antony and Cleopatra. Ben Jonson: Alchemist, Cynthia’s Revels. Milton: Paradise Lost. Andrew Marvell: Poems. Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel. Bacon: Essays. Browne, Sir Thomas: Religio Medici,