SEPT. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2423

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, 2nd July, 1906.

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, 1907.

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 1st July, 1907, an application on the prescribed form, a copy of which is sent herewith. 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, 1907, 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, 2nd July, 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,—

(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 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.

9. Selected candidates, before proceeding to India, will be on probation for one year, at the end of which time they will

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

† Considerable deductions will be made for bad handwriting.

‡ No deductions will be made under clause 6 from the marks assigned to candidates in mathematics or English composition.