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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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exhaustive, and that it is liable to such modifications as may
from time to time be sanctioned by competent authority.

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, Lang-
land, 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, Dry-
den, 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. (1905.) A.D. 1600 to A.D. 1700 (Shakespeare to Dryden).
2. (1906.) A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1800 (Pope to Cowper).
3. (1907.) A.D. 1800 to A.D. 1832 (nineteenth-century
   writers to the death of Scott).
4. (1908.) 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 speci-
fied each year by the Commissioners.* The names placed
after the dates are intended to suggest the general cha-
racter of the literary development of the period, and, conse-
quently, 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 and com-
position. Critical questions on the French language and
literature. Conversation.

German Language and Literature.—Translation and com-
position. Critical questions on the German language and
literature. Conversation.

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 ques-
tions 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 (includ-
ing 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 gram-
mar; Vedic philology.

Arabic Language and Literature. — Translations as in
Sanskrit. History of Arabic literature (including knowledge
of such Arabic history as bears upon the subject); 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 con-
stitutional history of Greece during the same period.

Roman History. — Questions on the general history of
Rome to the death of Vespasian; questions on the constitu-
tional 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.—Algebra, geometry (Euclid and geometrical
conic sections), plane trigonometry, plane analytical geo-
metry (less advanced portions), differential calculus (ele-
mentary), integral calculus (elementary), statics, dynamics
of a particle, hydrostatics, geometrical optics. Candidates
may use the methods of the differential and integral calculus
in any other division of the subject, but the questions will
be such as can be solved without the aid of these methods.

Advanced Mathematics.—Higher algebra (including theory
of equations), plane and spherical trigonometry, differential
calculus, integral calculus, differential equations, analytical
geometry (plane and solid), statics (including attractions),
dynamics of a particle, rigid dynamics, hydro-dynamics, the
mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism.

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 know-
ledge 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 his-
tory of political theories, &c. Candidates will be expected
to show a knowledge of original authorities.

Civil Service Commission, July, 1904.

NOTE.

If open competitive examinations for the following services
—viz., Eastern cadetships in the colonial service; clerkships
(Class I.) in the Home Civil Service—should be held in 1905
concurrently with the open competitive examination for the
Civil Service of India, candidates, duly eligible in respect of
age, will be admitted to compete for any two or all three of
these services, subject to the following conditions :—

(1.) That they fill up and return to the Secretary, Civil
Service Commission, an application on each of the prescribed
forms within the time limited by the respective regula-
tions.* (NOTE.—A separate form of application is required
for each of the three services.)

(2.) That it is distinctly understood that every successful
candidate who may have been admitted to compete for
either the India or the colonial service, as well as for the
Home service, will be called upon to declare, immediately
after the announcement of the result of the competitions,
whether he prefers his name to remain on the list of candi-
dates for the India or colonial service or on the list of can-
didates for clerkships in the Home Civil Service, and that
the name of any candidate who fails to declare his choice
when called upon to do so will be removed from the list of
candidates for clerkships in the Home Civil Service.

(3.) That it is distinctly understood that every successful
candidate who may have been admitted to compete for both
the India and colonial services will be called upon to de-
clare, after the announcement of the result of the competi-
tions, whether he prefers his name to remain on the list of
candidates for the Civil Service of India or on the list of
candidates for Eastern cadetships in the colonial service,
and that the name of any candidate who fails to declare his
choice when called upon to do so will be removed from the
list of candidates for Eastern cadetships.

(4.) That all declarations of choice are irrevocable.
Candidates admitted to compete for all three or any two
of these classes of appointments will be required to pay a
consolidated fee of £6.

Civil Service Commission, 1st July, 1905.

*The books for 1905 are:—Shakespeare: Tempest, Henry VII.
Milton: Paradise Lost, Comus. Ben Jonson: Every Man out of his
Humour, Bartholomew Fair. Massinger: New Way to Pay Old
Debts. Dryden: Conquest of Granada. Walton: Angler, Lives.
Fuller: Worthies. Browne: Britannia’s Pastorals. Sir T. Browne:
Hydriotaphia, Vulgar Errors,

• Candidates who may desire to enter the competitions for the
  Home and colonial services should apply, about Easter next, to
  the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, Burlington Gardens,
  London, W., for the prescribed forms of application.