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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

(b.) An applicant must send* to the Revenue Depart-
ment of the India Office, on or before the 1st day
of May of the year in which he proposes to com-
pete,—

(1.) His name and parentage, a certificate or
other satisfactory evidence of the date
of his birth, and the written consent of
parent or guardian that his name should
be recorded as a candidate.

(2.) A statement of the places of education at
which he may have been, accompanied
by testimonials of good conduct, during
the last four years.

(c.) Applicants will have to appear before a Medical Board†
at the India Office, particular stress being laid
upon good vision and hearing. A physical test
will also be imposed, so as to insure the selection
of persons of active habits and powers of
endurance.

(d.) The applicants who have successfully passed the
medical examination and the physical test will be
required to undergo an examination before the
Civil Service Commissioners in the following sub-
jects† (Classes I. to III.), marks being assigned as
follows :—

Class I.—Obligatory Subjects.§

Marks.

1. Mathematics (lower)—viz., algebra up to
   and including the binomial theorem;
   the theory and the use of logarithms;
   Euclid, Books I. to IV. and VI.; plane
   trigonometry up to and including the
   solution of triangles and mensuration 2,500

2. English composition .. .. 1,000

3. German (400 for colloquial) .. .. 2,000

In each of these subjects a candidate must
obtain not less than one-third of full marks in
order to qualify.

Class II.—Optional Subjects.

4. Mathematics (higher), including ana-
   lytical geometry, conic sections, statics,
   and dynamics .. .. .. 2,000

5. French (400 for colloquial) .. .. 2,000

6. Latin .. .. .. .. 2,000

7. Greek .. .. .. .. 2,000

8. English History. There will be set: one
   general paper; one paper limited to a
   fixed period, which will be from the
   year 1660 to the year 1727 for the
   examination of 1897 .. .. 2,000

9. Botany—viz., the elementary parts of
   vegetable morphology, histology, and
   physiology, and the principles of a
   natural system of classification as
   illustrated by the more important
   British natural orders. Candidates
   will be required to describe plants in
   technical language. Questions will not
   be set on vegetable palæontology or on
   the geographical distribution of plants 2,000

10. Chemistry—viz., the elements of in-
    organic chemistry .. .. .. 2,000

11. Physics. Elementary properties of elec-
    tricity, magnetism, heat, light, and
    sound .. .. .. .. 2,000

12. Physical geography and geology, chiefly
    economic, including the recognition of
    the more familiar minerals and rocks,
    and their properties and uses .. 2,000

*There is no form of application; the documents specified in
paragraph 4, (b), clauses (1) and (2), should be enclosed in a covering
letter addressed to the Secretary, Revenue Department, India
Office, London.

† With a view to prevent parents and guardians from incurring
the inconvenience and expense of preparing candidates who may
be physically unfit for the forest service, it is suggested that, before
any such preparation is begun, candidates be submitted to exami-
nation by the medical adviser of the family, or any other qualified
medical practitioner, with regard to the following points: (1) A
weak constitution, (2) defective vision, (3) impaired hearing, (4) the
existence of any congenital defect.

It is to be understood that this private examination is merely
suggested to lessen the chances of disappointment, and that it is by
no means intended to take the place of, or to influence in any way,
the official examination.

On the subject of the standard of eyesight required for the Indian
services, a pamphlet has been published, under the authority of the
Secretary of State in Council, by Messrs. Churchill and Sons, 11,
New Burlington Street.

‡ Reprints of the papers set at previous examinations, together
with tables of the marks assigned to the candidates, are published
by the Civil Service Commissioners, and can be obtained through
any bookseller. The price of each reprint is 1s.

§ Attention is invited to the appended syllabus, giving further
details regarding the extent and character of the examination.

¶ No special text-books are prescribed,

A candidate may take any two, but not more
than two, of the optional subjects. Under
"Optional Subjects" Nos. 9, 10, 11, and 12, the
examination will be partly practical.

Class III.—Additional Subjects.

13. Freehand drawing .. .. .. 500

14. Geometrical drawing.. .. .. 300

Either or both of these subjects may be taken
in addition to the obligatory and the two optional
subjects.

(e.) The Secretary of State will nominate as probationers
such competitors as attain the highest aggregate
of marks (provided they obtain the minimum in
the obligatory subjects and satisfy the requisite
conditions in other respects). These probationers
will then enter the College, where they will be
further trained for the Forest Service of India.

(f.) If the full number of competent probationers re-
quired in any year cannot be obtained from the
persons so examined, the Secretary of State re-
serves a discretion to fill up the deficiency by
selecting any other person or persons who may
satisfy the authorities of the College that he or
they are properly qualified to become probationers
for the Forest Service.

5. The course of study for candidates for the India Forest
   Service extends over about three years, at present divided
   into seven terms, and a period of study in foreign forests.
   For about seven terms the candidates will prosecute their
   studies mainly at the College, and during the period of
   foreign study, which will occupy the remainder of the course,
   they will visit, under suitable supervision, such continental
   forests as may be selected for the purpose. Excursions may
   also be made for purposes of instruction, both during term-
   time and during part of the vacations.

6. Each annual session begins in September, and is di-
   vided into three terms, with vacations of about four weeks
   at Christmas, two weeks at Easter, and eight weeks in the
   summer, except at the end of the visit to the Continent, when
   the vacation will be shorter.

7. A charge of £61 is made for each of the seven terms
   spent at the College; for the period of foreign study the
   charge is £150; the amounts must be paid terminally in ad-
   vance to the Bank of England for the first seven terms, and
   the amount due for the period of foreign study must be paid
   before the period begins. Receivable orders, with full di-
   rections as to the mode of payment, will be forwarded from
   the India Office to the parents or guardians shortly before
   the fees fall due. A student will not be allowed to come into
   residence or to start for his foreign study of forests until his
   fee has been paid.

8. A deposit of £5 is required to be paid by each student
   on admission to the College as caution-money, to cover
   charges incurred by him for damage to books, instruments,
   &c., or any College bills outstanding on leaving the College.
   Any balance over and above such charges will be repaid.
   This deposit is to be paid with the fee for the first term,
   making the total payment on that occasion £66.

9. The foregoing payments cover all charges for tuition,
   board according to the College tariff, lodging, with washing
   up to a cost of 2s. a week, and ordinary medical attendance
   while in residence at the College. When students are on
   tour and during the course of practical instruction, whether
   in Great Britain or on the Continent, the Secretary of State
   will defray the expenses of (1) board, lodging, and washing
   (the aggregate maximum expenditure under these heads
   being 10s. per diem), (2) travelling-expenses, and (3) fees to
   local forest officers, &c.

Students are required to provide their own class-books and
drawing-instruments. Drawing-paper, drawing-boards, and
surveying-instruments are provided by the College.

10. The prescribed course of study comprises the following
    subjects:—I. Auxiliary subjects: (1) geometrical drawing,
    (2) freehand drawing, (3) surveying, (4) forest engineering,
    (5) accounts, (6) German, (7) mechanics, (8) physics, (9) che-
    mistry, (10) geology and mineralogy, (11) entomology,
    (12) botany, (13) drill and gymnastics. II. Forestry, theo-
    retical and practical, in all its branches.

11. Every student is required to conform to the College
    rules, to exhibit due diligence in his studies throughout the
    course, and to give evidence of satisfactory progress in such
    manner as may be required, failing which, or in the event of
    serious misconduct, he will be liable to be removed from the
    College, or to be sent back from the foreign study, which
    may entail the loss of his appointment.

12. During the course of study the proficiency of the
    students will be tested by periodical examinations, and on
    the termination of their studies there will be a final examina-
    tion. Each student may also, at the discretion of the
    Secretary of State for India, be required to appear before
    the Medical Board at the expiration of the first year of