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Malmesbury. Dairies 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, 1st July, 1905.

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EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

AN open competitive examination for admission to the Civil Service of India will be held in London, under the subjoined regulations, commencing on the 1st August, 1906.

The number of persons to be selected at this examination will be announced hereafter.

No person will be admitted to compete from whom the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, has not received on or before the 2nd July, 1906, an application on the prescribed form. No question as to the delay or loss in the post of any such application form can be entertained. Candidates who delay their applications until the last days will do so at their own risk.

Acknowledgments of such application forms are sent, and any candidate who has filled up and returned the printed application form but has not received an acknowledgment of it within four complete days should at once write to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, Burlington Gardens, London, W. Failure to comply with this provision will deprive the candidate of any claim to consideration.

The order for admission to the examination will be posted on the 18th July, 1906, to the address given on the form of application. It will contain instructions as to the time and place at which candidates will be required to attend and as to the manner in which the fee (£6) is to be paid.

Civil Service Commission, 1st July, 1905.

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:—

(1.) That he is a natural-born subject of His Majesty,

(2.) 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.]

(3.) That he has no disease, constitutional affection, or bodily infirmity unfitting him, or likely to unfit him, for the Civil Service of India.

(4.) 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.

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. .. .. .. 300

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
English history (either or both sections may be taken):—

I. To A.D. 1485 .. .. .. 400
II. To 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

A syllabus defining the character of the examination in the various subjects may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, Burlington Gardens, London, W.