Oct. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2443

*(5.) The principal vernacular language of the
province to which the candidate is
assigned .. .. .. .. 400
Optional [not more than one of the following
subjects]—
(1.) Hindu and Muhammadan law .. .. 450
†(2.) Sanskrit .. .. .. .. 400
†(3.) Arabic .. .. .. .. 400
(4.) Persian .. .. .. .. 400
(5.) Chinese (for candidates assigned to the
Province of Burma only) .. .. 400

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 examina-
tion 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.”

If any candidate is prevented by sickness or any other
adequate cause from attending such examination, the Com-
missioners may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of
State for India in Council, allow him to appear at the
final examination to be held in the following year, or at a
special examination.

The following regulation will continue to apply to candi-
dates selected or to be selected at open competitions held in
the years 1903 and 1904 :—

10. The selected candidates will also be tested during
    their probation as to their proficiency in riding. The exami-
    nations 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, candi-
    dates 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 candi-
    date who fails at the end of the year of probation
    to gain at least the certificate of minimum pro-
    ficiency in riding will be liable to have his name
    removed from the list of selected candidates.

The following regulation will apply to candidates selected
at open competition held in 1905 and subsequent years :—

10. The selected candidates will also be tested during their
    probation as to their proficiency in riding. The examina-
    tions 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, candi-
    dates who may then fully satisfy the Commis-
    sioners of their ability to ride well and to perform
    journeys on horseback will be awarded from 100
    to 200 marks, according to the degree of pro-
    ficiency displayed, to be added to their marks in
    the final examination. Candidates who fail to
    obtain 100 marks, but are reported by the Civil
    Service Commissioners to have reached a mini-
    mum standard of proficiency in riding, and are
    certified by the said Commissioners to be entitled
    to be appointed to the Civil Service of India, will,

Marks.

on their arrival in India, be subjected 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 satisfy the Civil Service Commis-
sioners that he has reached the minimum stand-
ard of proficiency in riding will be liable to have
his name removed from the list of selected can-
didates.

11. The selected candidates who, on 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, conduct during the
    period of probation, 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 Secre-
    tary, Civil Service Commission, London, 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 Commis-
    sioners on or before the 1st July (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 follow-
ing announcements :—

(1.) Selected candidates will be allotted to the various pro-
vinces upon a consideration of all the circumstances, in-
cluding 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 univer-
sities or colleges which have been approved by the Secre-
tary of State—viz., the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge,
Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburgh, St. Andrew’s, and Aberdeen;
Victoria University, Manchester; University College, Lon-
don; and King’s College, London: provided such candidates
shall have passed the final examination to the satisfaction
of the Civil Service Commissioners, and shall in the opinion
of the Secretary of State 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 re-
quired 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 examina-
tions.

(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.

N.B.—A manual of rules and regulations applicable to
members of the covenanted Civil Service of India has been
compiled by permission of the Government of India, and
may now be procured either from Messrs. A. Constable and
Co., 2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W., or from Mr. E. A. Arnold,
37, Bedford Street, Covent Garden. Price, 2s. 6d.

The Commissioners have been requested by the Secretary
of State for India to draw the attention of selected candidates
to the prefatory note attached to this manual, as it is con-
sidered important that it should be clearly understood that
this compilation is not to be regarded in any other light
than that of a collection, made for facility of reference, of
certain information and rules, that it is by no means

• The principal vernacular language prescribed for each province
  to which candidates are assigned is as follows:—
  For the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, the Punjab, and
  the Central Provinces—Hindustani.
  For Burma—Burmese.
  For Bombay—Marathi.
  For Madras—Tamil or Telugu (at the option of the candidate).
  For the Lower Provinces of Bengal—Hindustani or Bengali (at
  the option of the candidate).
  In Hindustani the candidate will be required to be acquainted with
  both the Persian and the Nagari character; and in the case of the
  last two provinces mentioned above, a candidate whose vernacular
  language is either of the languages shown against his province
  must offer the other for examination.
  † These subjects may not be offered by any candidate who has
  offered them at the open competition.