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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 the period, and will be based to a considerable extent, but by no means exclusively, on certain books specified by the Commissioners.* The names placed under the dates are intended to suggest the general character of the literary development of the period, and, consequently, the natural limits of the examination. All the works of Shakespeare, for example, will be regarded as falling within the period 1600 to 1700.

French Language and Literature.—Translation and composition. Critical questions on the French language and literature. Conversation.

German Language and Literature.—Translation and composition. 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) an original prose composition in Latin. Critical questions on the Latin language (including questions 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) an original prose composition in Greek. Critical questions on the Greek language (including 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 grammar; Vedic philology.

Arabic Language and Literature.—Translation 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 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 constitutional history of Greece during the same period.

Roman History.—Questions on the general history of Rome to the death of Vespasian; questions on the constitutional 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 geometry (less advanced portions), differential calculus (elementary), 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, hydrodynamics, 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 knowledge 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 history of political theories, &c.

Candidates will be expected to show a knowledge of original authorities.

Civil Service Commission, October, 1904.

FOR EXAMINATIONS SUBSEQUENT TO THE YEAR 1905.—
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, 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.

1. A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1800. (1906.) [Pope to Cowper.]

2. A.D. 1800 to A.D. 1832. (1907.) [Nineteenth Century writers to the death of Scott.]

3. A.D. 1360 to A.D. 1600. (1908.) [Chaucer to Spenser.]

4. A.D. 1600 to A.D. 1700. (1909.) [Shakespeare to Dryden.]

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 specified each year by the Commissioners.* The names placed under the dates are intended to suggest the general character of the literary development of the period, and, consequently, 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.

Italian Language and Literature.—Translation and composition. Critical questions on the Italian language and literature. Conversation.

French Language and Literature.—Translation and composition. Critical questions on the French language and literature. Conversation.

German Language and Literature.—Translation and composition. 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) an original prose composition in Latin. Critical questions on the Latin language (including questions on philology) and literature.

Greek Language and Literature.—Translation from Greek into English, composition in prose and verse, or (as an

*The books for 1905 are,—
Shakespeare: Tempest. Henry VIII.
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.

*The books for 1906 are,—
Young: Poems.
Pope: Rape of the Lock. Moral Essays.
Gray: Poems.
Chatterton: Poems.
Goldsmith: Vicar of Wakefield. Citizen of the World.
Burke: Sublime and Beautiful. Regicide Peace.
Bolingbroke: Dissertation upon Parties. Letters on Patriotism.
Walpole: Anecdotes of Painting.