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‘d'illiam Henry Stecvcs. \Villiam Todd.

John Ferguson.

Robert Duncan Wilmet- Abncr Reid McClelan. Peter Mitchell.

Given at Our Court at W'indsor Castle, this twenty-second day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and siXty-seven, and in too thirtieth year of Cut reign.

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l transmit to you, at the request of the Civil Service LiOltlt’ltiSSiODt’l‘S, the enclosed Regulations for an examination of Candidates for the Civil Service of India, which is to take place in the Months of March and April, I‘oUS.

I have the honor to bc,Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant,

l} UCKING HAM AND CllANDCS.

Lieut. Governor DUNDAS, Sci/O, &C., 6:6.

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(Signed)

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hrtaminations for the Civil Service of India.

REGULATIONS . For the Open Competition 0f1868.*

I. On Tuesday, March 31st, 1808, and following days. an Examination of candidates will be held in London. Not than candidates will be selected, if so many hull be found duly qualiﬁed. Of these, will be se~ CClLtI for the Presidency of Bengal, for the Upper i rovinces, and lor the Lower Provinces] for that of Madras, and for that of Bouibay.l——-Noticc will hereafter be given of the days and place of examination.

:3. Any natural-born subject of Her Majesty, who shall lie. desirous of entering the Civil Service of India, will be entitled to be examined at such Examination, psovided he Shall, on or before the 1st of February, 1868, have trans- mitted to the Civil Service Commissioners. Dean’s Yard, London, S. W.—

(a) A certiﬁcate of his birth, showing that his age on the 1st March, 1868,will be above seventeen years and under twenty-one years;

(b) A certiﬁcate. signed by a'physician or surgeon, of his having no disease, constitutional affection, or bodily inﬁrmity unﬁtting him for the Civil Service of India;

(c) Satisfactory proof of good moral charac‘er;

(d) A statement of those of the branches of know. ledge hereinafter enumerated in which he desires to be examined 1”-

“ The Regulations are liable to be altered in future years.

1‘ The number (it'nmmintments to be made, and the number in each I’rt-sidt-lu-y, t"c., will be announced hereafter.

: Camlidutt-s are at liberty to send in their names and evidence of mm as soon as they think lit to do so; but evidence of health and character must bear date not; earlier than the let January, 1665.

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3. In any case in which a doubt may arise as to the eligibility of a Candidate in respect of ago, health, or cha— racter, such inquiries. as may be necessary, will be instituted by the Civil Service Commissioners.

4. The Examination will take place only in the following

branches of knowiedgc :*— wt Blarks. Language, Literature and History of England— Composition . . .. .. 500 History, including that of the Laws and 1 .00 Constitution . . . . . . 500 f ~“’ Language and Literature . . . . SUOJ Language, Literature, and History of Greece 750 “ “ tome 750 ‘ ‘ “ Fran no (:17 H ‘t Germany 375 “ " Italy 37.") Mathematics, Pure and Mixed, . . .. 1.250

Natural Science; that is, (1) Chemistry, in-

cluding lit-at. (‘2) Electricity and Magne-

tiSm, (3) Geology and Miniralogy, (4)

Zoology, (5) Botany . . . . . . Silt“ ﬂﬁ The total (500 marks) may be ob-

tained by adt-quatc proficiency in

any one or more of the liVe branhhes

of knowledge included under this

head. Moral Sciences; that is, Logic, Mental and Moral Philosophy . . . . . . 5 ll Sanskrit. Language and Literature . . . . 375 Arabic Language and Literature . . . . 375

.3. The merit of the persons examined will be estimated by marks, and the number set opposite to each branch in Iln) preceding regulation denotes the greatest number of marks that Can be obtained in respect of it.

(i. No candidate will be allowed any marks in respect of any subject of examination. unless he shall be considered to possess a compete/Ll knowledge of that subject l’

7. The Examination will be conducted by means of print ed questions and Written answers, and by vim core Exami- tion, as may be deemed necessary.

8. The. marks obtained by each candidate, in ris‘pect of each of the suljocts in which he shall have been ex- amined, will be added up, and the names of the candidates who shall haVc obtained 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 by the Civil Ser- vice of India. They shall be permitted to choose, according to the order in which they stand, as long as a Choice remains, the Presidency (and in Bengal,thc division 0! the Presidency) to which they shall be appointed.

9. Selected candidates before proceeding to India will be on probation for two years, during which time they will be chmined periodically with the view ol testing their progress in the lollowing sultjectsi :-—

Marks.

1. Oriental Languages: Sanskrit - . . . . Vernacular Languages of India (each) -

Set) 400

' It should be understood that candidates are at liberty to name at their pleasure any or all of these branches of knowledge, and that no subjects are obligatory.

l “Nothing can be further from our wish than to hold out pre- “ tniuins for knowledge of wide surface and of small depth. "’0 un- “ qfopiniou that a Candidate (mg/it to [IC allowed no credit at all for “ tit/ring up a subject in which ’10 is a more smitttcrcr."-—-Report cl Counnittt-e of 1854.

l; Full instructions as to tho course of study to be pursued will lm issued to the successful (till’ltlltltttt's us soon as possible after tho result of the open competition is declared. '