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the Man and the Statesman : Reflections and Reminis-
cences, &c. Translated under supervision of A. J. Butler
(London, Smith, and Elder, 1898).
28. Logic and Psychology.—The history of the subject will
be included.
29. Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy.—The history of
the subject will be included.
30. 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 know-
ledge of the history of industry, land-tenure, and economic
legislation in the United Kingdom. Candidates should pay
attention to the study of statistical methods.
31. Political Science.—The examination will not be con-
fined 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.
33. English Law.—Under the head of "English law" are
included the following subjects, viz. : (1) Law of contract,
(2) law of evidence, (3) law of the Constitution, (4) criminal
law, (5) law of real property; and of these five subjects can-
didates are at liberty to offer any four, but not more than
four.

The following applies only to Candidates for Clerkships
in the Establishment of the Foreign Office, for Attachéships
in the Diplomatic Service, and for Student Interpreterships
in China, Japan, and Siam :—

Spanish Language and Literature.—Translation and com-
position. Critical questions on the Spanish language and
literature. Conversation.
Paper 1 will consist of translation from and into the
language. In Paper 2 (Language and Literature) candidates
will be invited to answer in the foreign language some of the
questions, and marks will be allotted for accuracy, facility,
and elegance in the composition of these answers. Passages
for translation may be set, and questions asked, demanding
a knowledge of the language in its early stages; but it will
not be obligatory upon candidates to master in detail the
old forms in use before 1500.
French, German, Italian, Spanish.—In each of these
languages a separate paper in original composition will be
set for candidates who do not take the critical questions on
the language and literature.

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 2nd August, 1909.
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, 1909, 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 20th July, 1909, 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, August, 1908.

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 Commis-
   sioners.
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 primâ facie
satisfactory to the Civil Service Commissioners, the candi-
date, 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 cer-
tificate 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 re-
spects, 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 thirty-three subjects* :—
Marks.

1. English composition .. .. .. .. 500
2. Sanskrit language and literature .. .. .. 600
3. Arabic language and literature .. .. .. 600
   Greek, not less than two subdivisions, of which
   one must be translation :—
4. Translation .. .. .. .. .. 300
5. Composition .. .. .. .. .. 300
6. Literature .. .. .. .. .. 300
   Latin, not less than two subdivisions, of which
   one must be translation :—
7. Translation .. .. .. .. .. 300
8. Composition .. .. .. .. .. 300
9. Literature .. .. .. .. .. 300
10. English language and literature .. .. .. 600
11. Italian language and literature .. .. .. 600
12. French language and literature .. .. .. 600
13. German language and literature .. .. .. 600
14. Lower mathematics .. .. .. .. 1,200
15. Higher mathematics .. .. .. .. 1,200
    Natural science—i.e., any number not exceed-
    ing four of the following :—
16. Chemistry .. .. .. .. .. 600
17. Physics .. .. .. .. .. 600
18. Geology .. .. .. .. .. 600
19. Botany .. .. .. .. .. 600
20. Zoology .. .. .. .. .. 600
21. Animal physiology .. .. .. .. 600
22. Geography .. .. .. .. .. 600
23. Greek history (ancient, including constitution) 500
24. Roman history (ancient, including constitu-
    tion) .. .. .. .. .. .. 500
    English history (either or both sections may be
    taken) :—
25. Section I. To A.D. 1485 .. .. .. 400
26. Section II. A.D. 1485 to 1848 .. .. 400
27. General modern history .. .. .. .. 500
28. Logic and psychology .. .. .. .. 600
29. Moral and metaphysical philosophy .. .. 600
30. Political economy and economic history .. 600
31. Political science .. .. .. .. .. 500
32. Roman law .. .. .. .. .. 500
33. English law .. .. .. .. .. 500

Consistently with the limitations specified above, candi-
dates are at liberty to name any of these subjects, provided
that the maximum number of marks that can be obtained
from the subjects chosen is limited to 6,000. If this maxi-
mum is exceeded by a candidate's selection he will be re-
quired 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.

• 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.