MAR. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 827

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.—The subject will include (a) the political history of Great Britain, Ireland, and the colonies; (b) the constitutional history of the United Kingdom. Candidates should be acquainted with the following authorities:

Period I.
Stubbs .. .. Select Charters.

Period II.
Prothero .. .. Statutes and constitutional documents.
Gardiner .. .. Documents of the Puritan Revolution.

(All published by Clarendon Press, Oxford.)

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.

Candidates should be acquainted with the following authorities:

Period I. (800–1193).
Einhard: Vita Caroli Magni, from 800 A.D. Ed.: Pertz: Scriptores Rerum Germanicarum.
Lambert of Hersfeld Ed.: Pertz.
Suger: Vita Ludovici VI. Ed.: (1) Migne. (2) Société de l’Histoire de France, 1868.
Otto of Freising: De gestis Frederici I. Ed.: Pertz.

Period II. (1193–1521).
Joinville: St. Louis Ed.: (1) Petitot. (2) Michaud et Poujoulat. (3) Buchon. (4) Société de l’Histoire de France, 1868.
Philippe de Comines: Mémoires Ed.: (1) Petitot, (2) Michaud et Poujoulat, (3) Buchon, (4) de Mandrot. Picard, Paris, 1901, 3.
Machiavelli : The Prince (English translation by Thompson : Clarendon Press.)

Period III. (1521–1715).
La Noue: Mémoires Ed.: Petitot, Michaud et Poujoulat, Buchon.
Sully: Economies Royales, up to the Treaty of Vervins Torcy: Mémoires .. Ed.: Petitot, Michaud et Poujoulat.

Period IV. (1715–1848).
Frederick II. .. Histoire de mon Temps, and La Guerre de Sept Ans. Ed.: Bouteric ; or in Œuvres de Frédéric II. Decker, Berlin, 1846.
Malmesbury .. Diaries and Correspondence. London, Bentley, 1844. Vol ii., Mission to the Hague, pp. 66–443. Vol. iii., Mission to Lisle, pp. 369–599.
Metternich .. Aus Metternich’s nachgelassenen Papieren. Autorisirte Original-Ausgabe. Vienna, 1880. Up to 1815. Or, in English translation— Autobiography of Prince Metternich. Translated by Mrs. Napier. London, Bentley, 1880–1881.

Greek History.—Questions (a) on the general and (b) on the constitutional history of Greece to the death of Alexander.

Roman History.—Questions (a) on the general and (b) on the constitutional History of Rome to the death of Vespasian. 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.

Logic and Psychology.—Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy.—In both cases the history of the subject will be included.

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.

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, 28th October, 1904.

OPEN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.
(The subjoined regulations will come into operation in the year 1906.)

REGULATIONS.

**The following Regulations, made by the Secretary of State for India in Council, are liable to alteration from year to year.

1. An examination for admission to the Civil Service of India, open to all qualified persons, will be held in London in August of each year. The date of the examination and the number of appointments to be made for each province will be announced beforehand by the Civil Service Commissioners.

2. No person will be deemed qualified who shall not satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners:

(i.) That he is a natural-born subject of His Majesty.
(ii.) That he had attained the age of twenty-two and had not attained the age of twenty-four on the 1st day of August of the year in which the examination is held.
[N.B.—In the case of Natives of India it will be necessary for a candidate to obtain a certificate of age and nationality issued under Notification of the Government of India, No. 2252, dated 21st August, 1888, as amended by Notification No. 404, dated 19th May, 1898, and signed, should he be a resident in British India, by the Secretary to Government of the province, or the Commissioner of the division within which his family resides, or, should he reside in a Native State, by the highest political officer accredited to the State in which his family resides.]
(iii.) That he has no disease, constitutional affection, or bodily infirmity unfitting him, or likely to unfit him, for the Civil Service of India.
(iv.) That he is of good moral character.

3. Should the evidence upon the above points be prima facie satisfactory to the Civil Service Commissioners, the candidate, on payment of the prescribed fee, will be admitted to the examination. The Commissioners may, however, in their discretion, at any time prior to the grant of the certificate of qualification hereinafter referred to, institute such further inquiries as they may deem necessary; and, if the result of such inquiries in the case of any candidate should be unsatisfactory to them in any of the above respects, he will be ineligible for admission to the Civil Service of India, and, if already selected, will be removed from the position of a probationer.