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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 29

4. The open competitive examination will take place only
   in the following branches of knowledge:*—

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)
Roman history (ancient, including constitution) ...500
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 psychology ...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 maximum 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.
5. The merit of the persons examined will be estimated by marks; and the number set opposite to each branch in the preceding regulation denotes the greatest number of marks that can be obtained in respect of it.
6. The marks assigned to candidates in each branch will be subject to such deduction as the Civil Service Commissioners may deem necessary† in order to secure that no credit be allowed for merely superficial knowledge.
7. The examination will be conducted on paper and viva voce, as may be deemed necessary.
8. The marks obtained by each candidate, in respect of each of the branches in which he shall have been examined, will be added up, and the names of the several candidates who shall have obtained, after the deduction above mentioned, a greater aggregate number of marks than any of the remaining candidates will be set forth in order of merit, and such candidates shall be deemed to be selected candidates for the Civil Service of India, provided they appear to be in other respects duly qualified. Should any of the selected candidates become disqualified, the Secretary of State for India will determine whether the vacancy thus created shall be filled up or not. In the former case, the candidate next in order of merit, and in other respects duly qualified, shall be deemed to be a selected candidate. A candidate entitled to be deemed a selected candidate, but declining to accept the nomination as such which may be offered to him, will be disqualified for any subsequent competition.
9. Selected candidates, before proceeding to India, will be on probation for one year, at the end of which time they will be examined, with a view of testing their progress in the following subjects :—
Compulsory—

1. Indian Penal Code ...400
2. Code of Criminal Procedure ...200
3. The Indian Evidence Act ...200
4. Indian history ...400

Compulsory—continued.

*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
2. Persian ...400
3. 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 examination will be conducted on paper and viva 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 Commissioners 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.
4. The selected candidates will also be tested during their probation as to their proficiency in riding.
   The examinations 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. Candidates who may then fully satisfy the Commissioners 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 proficiency 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 minimum 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, 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 Commissioners that he has reached the minimum standard of proficiency in riding will be liable to have his name removed from the list of selected candidates.
5. 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.
6. 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.
   Civil Service Commission, London, W., October, 1904.

• 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.