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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

assistance of the Civil Service Commissioners, at the expiration of forty days from the date of this Gazette, to make alterations as shown below in the regulations for the admission of candidates to the Civil Service of India, under section 32 of the statute 21 and 22 Victoria, cap. 106.

For Regulation 4, which at present stands as follows:—
“4. The open competitive examination will take place only in the following branches of knowledge:—

Marks.
English composition .. .. .. 500
Sanskrit language and literature .. .. .. 500
Arabic language and literature .. .. .. 500
Greek language and literature .. .. .. 750
Latin language and literature .. .. .. 750
English language and literature (including special period named by the Commissioners) 500
French language and literature .. .. .. 500
German language and literature .. .. .. 500
Mathematics (pure and applied) .. .. .. 900
Advanced mathematical subjects (pure and applied) .. .. .. 900
Natural science—i.e., any number not exceeding three of the following subjects:—
Chemistry .. .. .. 600
Physics .. .. .. 600
Geology .. .. .. 600
Botany .. .. .. 600
Zoology .. .. .. 600
Animal physiology .. .. .. 600
Greek history (ancient, including constitution) .. .. .. 400
Roman history (ancient, including constitution) .. .. .. 400
English history .. .. .. 500
General modern history (one of the periods specified in the syllabus issued by the Commissioners) .. .. .. 500
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. None is obligatory.”

It is proposed to substitute the following, that is to say:—
“4. The open competitive examination will take place only in the following branches of knowledge:—

Maximum Marks.
English composition .. .. .. 500
Sanskrit language and literature .. .. .. 600
Arabic .. .. .. 600
Greek, not less than two subdivisions, of which one must be translation:—
Translation .. .. .. 300
Composition .. .. .. 300
Literature, &c. .. .. .. 800
Latin, not less than two subdivisions, of which one must be translation:—
Translation .. .. .. 300
Composition .. .. .. 300
Literature .. .. .. 300
English .. .. .. 600
Italian .. .. .. 600
French .. .. .. 600
German .. .. .. 600
Mathematics .. .. .. 1,200
Advanced mathematics .. .. .. 1,200
Natural science—i.e., any number not exceeding four of the following:—
Chemistry .. .. .. 600
Physics .. .. .. 600
Geology .. .. .. 600
Botany .. .. .. 600
Zoology .. .. .. 600
Animal physiology .. .. .. 600
Greek history (ancient, including constitution) .. .. .. 500
Roman history (ancient, including constitution) .. .. .. 500

Minimum Marks.
English history, either or both sections may be taken:—
I. To A.D. 1485 .. .. .. 400
II. A.D. 1485 to 1848 .. .. .. 400
General modern history .. .. .. 500
Logic and physiology .. .. .. 600
Moral and metaphysical philosophy .. .. .. 600
Political economy and economic history .. .. .. 600
Political science .. .. .. 500
Roman law .. .. .. 500
English law .. .. .. 500

“Candidates are at liberty to name any of these branches of knowledge, with the proviso that the maximum number of marks that can be obtained from the subjects chosen is limited to 6,000. If this number is exceeded by a candidate’s selection he will be required to indicate one of his subjects the marks for which should, in his case, be reduced so as to bring his maximum marks within the prescribed limit. The marks so reduced will be subject to a correspondingly reduced deduction under clause 6.”

For Regulation 12, which at present stands as follows:—
“12. Persons desirous to be admitted as candidates must apply on forms which may be obtained from the ‘Secretary, 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 Commissioners 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.”

It is proposed to substitute the following, that is to say:—
“12. Persons desirous to be admitted as candidates must apply on forms which may be obtained from the ‘Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners, London,’ at any time after the 1st December in the year previous to that in which the examination is to be held. No person will be admitted to the examination from whom the Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners has not received 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 an application, in the handwriting of the candidate, on the prescribed form.”

It is intended that the changes should come into force for the open competitive examination of 1906 and subsequent years.

Copies of the foregoing proposed new rules may be obtained from the Secretary, Judicial or Public Department, India Office.

Remeasurement of French Ships in British Ports.

Marine Department.
Wellington, 17th October, 1904.

THE following despatch and its enclosures, received from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 25th August, 1904.

Sir,—With reference to my circular despatch of the 18th ultimo, I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Government, and for publication in the colony, the accompanying copies of two Orders of the King in Council, revoking the Orders in Council dated 5th May, 1873 [10th August, 1904], and 29th January, 1904 [10th August, 1904], relating to the measurement of French ships in this country, and exempting from remeasurement in His Majesty’s Dominions French ships having certificates of registry or other national papers dated on or after 1st July, 1904.

I have, &c.,

ALFRED LYTTELTON.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of August, 1904.

Present:

THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the 5th day of May, 1873, after reciting that by “The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862,” it was enacted that, whenever it was made to appear to Her late Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships for the time being in force under the principal Act had been adopted by the Government of any foreign country and were in force in that country, it should be lawful for Her