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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

19th May, 1898. [Candidates who are not natives of India should strike out this paragraph.]

I have also to state, with reference to section 2, clause (1), of the regulations, that I am a natural-born subject of Her Majesty. [Candidates not born within the British dominions should state this fact in a separate letter.]

I beg further to add that I have* been examined under the directions of the Civil Service Commissioners in the year 18 ,† as a candidate for the situation of .

I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Name in full.)

Address to which it is desired that the order for examination should be sent:†
(Date.)

To the Secretary, Civil Service Commission.

No certificates of age, health, and character, except as mentioned above, should be supplied until the result of the examination is known.

If candidates who fill up and return this application-form do not receive an acknowledgment of it within four complete days, they should write to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, 68, Victoria Street, London, S.W.

N.B.—Attention is drawn to the annexed form, which must be filled up by every candidate.

EVIDENCE OF AGE TO BE REQUIRED FROM CANDIDATES FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

1. Every candidate born in the United Kingdom should be prepared to produce, when required, a certificate from the Registrar-General of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, or from one of his provincial officers. This certificate may be obtained from the Registrar-General in London, Dublin, or Edinburgh, or from the Superintendent Registrar of the district in which the birth took place.

2. A candidate born of European parents in India should be prepared to produce, when required, a certificate of baptism from the district in which he was baptized. If this does not also mention the date of birth it should be accompanied by a statutory declaration by one of the candidate’s parents, stating the date and place of birth. When such certificates are not in the possession of the candidates an extract from the registers kept at the India Office will probably be obtainable.

3. A candidate who is a native of India must, before he can be admitted to the competition, have his age and nationality certified by the Government of India, or of the Presidency or Province in which he may have resided.

[No certificates except those issued under notification of the Government of India, No. 2252, dated 21st August, 1888, will be accepted for this competition.]

Except as noted in paragraphs 2 and 3, every candidate who proves to be successful is expected to produce a certificate of birth. The Civil Service Commissioners will not in ordinary cases accept a certificate of baptism, or other testimony, unless they are first satisfied that a certificate of birth cannot be procured.

Official certificates of birth may generally be obtained as follows:—

(a.) For persons born in England or Wales since 30th June, 1837: From the Registrar-General, Somerset House, London, or from the Superintendent Registrar of the district in which the birth took place.

(b.) For persons born in Scotland since 31st December, 1854: From the General Register Office, Edinburgh; or from the Registrar of the parish or district in which the birth took place.

(c.) For persons born in Ireland since 31st December, 1863: From the General Register Office, Dublin; or from the Superintendent Registrar of the district in which the birth took place.

(d.) For persons of English, Scottish, or Irish parentage born on board British ships since the dates mentioned in (a), (b), and (c) respectively: From the General Register Office, London, Edinburgh, or Dublin, according to parentage.

(e.) For persons born in India of European parents: From the Director of Funds, India Office, London, S.W. [These are certificates of baptism, but they usually furnish the date of birth, and are then accepted as certificates of birth.]

Any candidate who cannot produce a certificate of birth from one of the authorities named should, if possible, procure a certificate of baptism, and should then apply to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, for further instructions.

• If you have never been examined, insert here the word “never.”
  † If you have been examined, give the date, &c., of the last occasion.
  ‡ If a London address, state postal district; if a country, state the post town.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

OPEN COMPETITION OF 1900.—SELECTION OF SUBJECTS TO BE FILLED UP AND RETURNED WITH THE FORM OF APPLICATION.

Place your initials against the subjects which you select, and sign your name in the place indicated on the next page.

English composition.
Sanskrit language and literature.
Arabic language and literature.
Greek language and literature.
Latin language and literature.
English language and literature.
† French language and literature.
† German language and literature.
Mathematics (pure and applied).
Advanced mathematical subjects (pure and applied).
Natural science, viz.,—
† Elementary chemistry and elementary physics.
(N.B.—This subject may not be taken up by those who offer either higher chemistry or higher physics.)
† Higher chemistry.
† Higher physics.
† Geology.
† Botany.
† Zoology.
† Animal physiology.
Greek history.
Roman history.
English history.
General modern history.
Period, ——
Logic and mental philosophy.
Moral philosophy.
Political economy and economic history.
Political science.
Roman law.
English law.

In addition to the written examination there will be an oral examination in each of the subjects marked thus †, and a practical examination in each of the subjects marked thus ‡.

The oral examinations in modern languages being intended as colloquial tests, no marks will be given at them to candidates who are not able to converse.

Any candidate who wishes to decline the oral examination or the practical examination in any of the subjects selected by him should state this in the blank space below.
(Signature.)
(Date.)

To the Secretary, Civil Service Commission,
68, Victoria Street, London, S.W.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

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

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.