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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 87

If an open competitive examination for clerkships (Class I) in the Home Civil Service should be appointed to be held in August, 1910, I request that a prescribed form of application may be forwarded to me when ready for issue.

(Signature.)

If an open competitive examination for Eastern cadetships should be appointed to be held in August, 1910, I request that a prescribed form of application may be forwarded to me when ready for issue.

(Signature.)

EVIDENCE OF AGE TO BE REQUIRED FROM CANDIDATES FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

1. Every candidate born in the United Kingdom should be prepared to produce, when required, a certificate from the Registrar-General of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, or from one of his provincial officers. This certificate may be obtained from the Registrar-General in London, Dublin, or Edinburgh, or from the Superintendent Registrar of the district in which the birth took place.

2. A candidate born of European parents in India should be prepared to produce, when required, a certificate of baptism from the district in which he was baptized. If this does not also mention the date of birth it should be accompanied by a statutory declaration by one of the candidate’s parents, stating the date and place of birth. When such certificates are not in the possession of the candidates an extract from the registers kept at the India Office will probably be obtainable.

3. A candidate who is a Native of India must, on or before the 1st July, 1910, produce 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. No other certificates will be accepted for this competition.

To be filled up by the candidate himself, and returned with the Form of Application.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.
OPEN COMPETITION OF 1910.
SELECTION FORM.

Place your initials against the subjects which you select; if your selections exceed 6,000 marks indicate the subject which is to be reduced; and sign your name in the place indicated.

Maximum Marks.

1. English composition .. .. .. 500
2. Sanskrit language and literature .. .. 600
3. Arabic language and literature .. .. 600
   Greek, not less than two subdivision, 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
11. Lower mathematics .. .. .. 1,200
12. Higher mathematics .. .. .. 1,200
    Natural science, not more than four of the following :—
13. † Chemistry .. .. .. .. 600
14. † Physics .. .. .. .. 600
15. † Geology .. .. .. .. 600
16. † Botany .. .. .. .. 600
17. † Zoology .. .. .. .. 600
18. † Animal physiology .. .. .. 600
19. Geography .. .. .. .. 600
20. Greek history .. .. .. .. 500
21. Roman history .. .. .. .. 500
22. English history: Section I .. .. 400
23. English history: Section II .. .. 400
24. General modern history: Period .. .. 500
25. Logic and psychology .. .. .. 600
26. Moral and metaphysical philosophy .. .. 600
27. Political economy and economic history .. .. 600
28. Political science .. .. .. 500
29. Roman law .. .. .. .. 500
30. English law .. .. .. .. 500

(Signature.)
(Date.)

To the Secretary, Civil Service Commission,
London W.

† † In addition to the written examination there will be an oral examination in each of the subjects marked thus †, and a practical examination in each of the subjects marked thus ‡. For the practical examination in chemistry candidates may bring any standard books on analysis, and, for the practical examination in botany, any standard flora. All books brought must be submitted to the presiding examiner for his approval. No written notes of any kind will be allowed.

N.B.—Attention is drawn to the annexed form, which must be filled up by every candidate.

NOTE.

If open competitive examinations for the following services —viz., Eastern cadetships in the colonial service; clerkships (Class I) in the Home Civil Service—should be held in 1910 concurrently with the open competitive examination for the Civil Service of India, candidates, duly eligible in respect of age, will be admitted to compete for any two or all three of these services, subject to the following conditions :—

(1.) They must enter and return to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, within the time limited by the several regulations, an application on the form prescribed for each of the respective services.*

(2.) Every successful candidate who may have been admitted to compete for either the India or the colonial service (or both), as well as for the Home service, will be called upon to declare, immediately after the announcement of the result of the competitions, whether he prefers his name to remain on the list of candidates for the India or colonial service or on the list of candidates for clerkships in the Home Civil Service. The name of any candidate who fails to declare his choice when called upon to do so will be removed from the list of candidates for clerkships in the Home Civil Service.

(3.) Every successful candidate who may have been admitted to compete for both the India and colonial services will be called upon to declare, immediately after the announcement of the result of the competitions, whether he prefers his name to remain on the list of candidates for the Civil Service of India or on the list of candidates for Eastern cadetships in the colonial service. The name of any candidate who fails to declare his choice when called upon to do so will be removed from the list of candidates for Eastern cadetships.

(4.) All declarations of choice are irrevocable.

(5.) Candidates for all three or any two of the above-mentioned services will be required to pay a consolidated fee of £6.

Civil Service Commission, August, 1910.

• Candidates who may desire to enter the competitions for the Home and colonial services should apply, about the middle of February next, to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, London W., for the prescribed forms of application.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

TWO scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys not over sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination: the other, to be called the junior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools under the control of the Education Department, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory. The scholarships are open to Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Appendix to the Native Schools Code, 1908. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 6th and 7th of December, 1909.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted so as to reach the Department not later than the 26th of October, 1909.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education, Wellington.

W. W. BIRD,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Education Department,
Wellington, 27th September, 1909.