1686
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

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(a). None is 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(b) in order to secure that no credit be allowed for merely superficial knowledge.

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 branches 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(c):—

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: candidates offering one subject only are restricted to a choice between the two law subjects specified]—
(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.”

(a) A syllabus, defining the character of the examination in the various subjects, may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission.

(b) No deduction will be made from the marks assigned to candidates in mathematics or English composition.

(c) 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.

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.

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 certified 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.