Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3839

6. Verse composition .. .. .. 200
7. Literature, &c. .. .. .. 300
   Latin, not less than two subdivisions, of which
   one must be translation:—
8. Translation .. .. .. 400
9. Prose composition .. .. .. 200
10. Verse composition .. .. .. 200
11. Literature, &c. .. .. .. 300
12. English language and literature .. .. 600
13. Italian, translation, composition, and conversation .. .. .. 400
14. Italian, history of the language and literature 200
15. French, translation, composition, and conversation .. .. .. 400
16. French, history of the language and literature 200
17. German, translation, composition, and conversation .. .. .. 400
18. German, history of the language and literature 200
    The history of these languages and their literatures can only be taken by candidates who also offer themselves for the rest of the examination in those languages.
19. Lower mathematics .. .. .. 1,200
20. Higher mathematics .. .. .. 1,200
    Natural science—i.e., any number not exceeding four of the following, or three if both lower and higher mathematics be also taken:—
21. Chemistry .. .. .. 600
22. Physics .. .. .. 600
23. Geology .. .. .. 600
24. Botany .. .. .. 600
25. Zoology .. .. .. 600
26. Animal physiology .. .. .. 600
27. Geography .. .. .. 600
28. Greek history (ancient, including constitution) 500
29. Roman history (ancient, including constitution) .. .. .. 500
    English history (either or both sections may be taken):—
30. Section I: To A.D. 1485 .. .. 400
31. Section II: A.D. 1485 to 1848 .. .. 400
32. General modern history .. .. .. 500
33. Logic and psychology .. .. .. 600
34. Moral and metaphysical philosophy .. .. 600
35. Political economy and economic history .. 600
36. Political science .. .. .. 500
37. Roman law .. .. .. 500
38. English law .. .. .. 500

From the marks assigned to candidates in each subject such deduction will be made as the Civil Service Commissioners may deem necessary in order to secure that no credit be allowed for merely superficial knowledge.

Consistently with the limitations specified above, candidates are at liberty to name any of the foregoing subjects, provided 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.

Moreover, if a candidate’s handwriting is not easily legible, a further deduction will on that account be made from the total marks otherwise accruing to him.*

5. A list of the competitors shall be made out in order of their proficiency as disclosed by the aggregate marks finally awarded to each competitor, and in that order so many competitors, up to the determined number of appointments, as are found by the Civil Service Commissioners to be qualified by examination shall be designated to be selected candidates for the Civil Service of India, provided that they appear to be duly qualified in other respects. Should any selected candidate become disqualified, the Secretary of State for India will determine whether the vacancy thus created shall be filled 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.

6. 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—
   Marks.

7. Indian Penal Code .. .. .. 400

8. Code of Criminal Procedure .. .. 200

9. The Indian Evidence Act .. .. 200

10. Indian history .. .. .. 400

• It is notified for general information that the number of marks deducted for bad handwriting may be considerable.
  † Instructions, showing the extent of the examination, will be issued to selected candidates as soon as possible after the result of the open competition is declared.

Marks.
*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 Mohammadan law .. .. 450
   †2. Sanskrit .. .. .. 400
   †3. Arabic .. .. .. 400
2. Persian .. .. .. 400
3. Hindustani (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.

7. 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.

8. The selected candidates who, on examination, shall be found to have a competent knowledge of the subjects specified in Regulation 6, 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.

9. 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,

*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 Bengal—Hindustani or Bengali (at the option of the candidate).
For Eastern Bengal and Assam—Bengali (unless it is the candidate’s mother-tongue).
For Burma—Burmese.
For Bombay—Marathi (unless it is the candidate’s mother-tongue).
For Madras—Tamil or Telugu (at the option of the candidate).
In Hindustani the candidate will be required to be acquainted with both the Persian and the Nagari character.
A candidate assigned to Eastern Bengal and Assam whose mother-tongue is Bengali must offer for examination Hindustani, a candidate assigned to Bombay whose mother-tongue is Marathi must offer for examination Hindustani, and a candidate assigned to Madras or Bengal whose mother-tongue 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.