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GAZETTE.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. REGULATION S FOR THE OPEN COMPETITION OF 1866*

1.

N Monday, March 101b, 1866, and following days, an E:- amination of candidates will be held in London. Not less than candidates will be selected, if so many shall be found duly qualiﬁed. Of these. will be selected for the Presidency of Bengal, [ for the Upper Provinces, and for the Lower Provinces,] for that of Madras, and for that of Bombayfl' Notice will hereafter be given of the days and place of examina- tion.

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2. Any natural-born subject of Her Majesty, who shall be desirous of entering the Civil Service of India, will be entitied to be examined at such Examination, provided he shall, on or be- fore the lst February 1866, have transmitted 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, 1866, 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 character ;

(d) A statement of those of the branches of knowledge herein— after enumerated in which he desires to be examined;

3. In any case in which a doubt may arise as to the eligibility of a candidate in respect of age, health, or character, such in- quiries as may be necessary will be instituted by the Civil Service Commissioners.

4. The Examination will take place only in the following branches of knowledge :§—

English Language and Literature— Marks. Composition - - - - - 500 English Literature and History, including that of the Laws and Constitution — -. - 1,000 1,500 Language, Literature, and History of Greece, — 750 ‘ ‘7 Rome - 750 ‘ ‘ France - 375 ‘ ‘ Germany - 375 ‘ ‘~ Italy - 375 Mathematics, Pure and Mixed - - - 1,250 Natural Science; that is, (1.) Chemistry, (2.) Elccw tricity and Magnetism, (3.) Natural History, (4.) Geology, and (5.) Mineralogy - - 500 *** No candidate will be allowed to be examined in. more than three of the branches of knowledge in- cluded under this head, and the total (500 marks) may be obtained by adequate proﬁciency in any one. Moral Sciences; that is, Logic, Mental and Moral- Philosophy - - — - - 500 Sanskrit Language and Literature - ' - 375 Arabic Language and Literature - - -. 375 7,125

5. The merit of the persons examined will be estimated by marks, and the number set opposite to each branch in the pre- ceding regulation denotes the greatest number of marks that can. be obtained in respect of it.

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

i The number of appointments to be made, and the number:

in each Presidency, the, will be announced hereafter.

1 Candidates are at liberty to send in their names and evi- dence of age as soon as they think ﬁt to do so; but evidence of health and character must bear date not earlier than the 1st January, 1866.

§It should be understood that candidates are at liberty to name at their pleasure any or all of these branches of knowledge (subject only to the restriction above mentioned as to Natural Science), and that no subjects are obligatory.

6. No candidate will be allowed any marks in respect of any

*subiect of Examination unIeSs he shall be Considered to possess a

competent knowledge ofthat sub_ieet.*

7. The Examination will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers, and viva voce Examination, as may be deemed necessary.

8. The marks obtained by each candidate. in respect of each of the subjects in which he shall have been examined, will he added tip, and the names ofthe candidates who shall have 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 for the Civil Service of India. They shall be permitted to choose, :iecoiding to the order in which they stand, as long as a choice remains, the Presidency (and in Bengal, the division of the Presidency ), to which they shall be appointed.

0. Selected candidates before proceeding to India will be on

- probation for two years, during which time they will be examin-

ed periodically with the view ot testing their progress in the fol- lowing subjectsiz—

Marks. 1. Oriental Languages : Sanskrit - — -- 500 Vernacular Languages of India (each) 400 2. The History and Geography of India - 350 3. Law - - - - 1,250 4. Political Economy - - - 350

In these Examinations, as in the open competition, the merit of the candidates examined will be estimated by marks, and the number set opposite to each subject denotes the greatest number of marks that can be obtained in respect of it at any one EX?- amination. The Examination will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers, and viva voce Examina- tion, as may be deemed necessary. The marks obtained at each of such periodical Examinations will be adch to those previously or subsequently obtained. The last of these Examinations will be held at the close of the second year of probation, and will be called the “ Final Examination,” at which it will be decided whether a. selected candidate is qualiﬁed for the Civil Service of India.

10. No candidate will be permitted to proceed to India until he shall have passed the Final Examination, and received a. certiﬁ— cate of qualiﬁcation from the Civil Service Commissioners, 01‘ after he shall have attained the age of twenty-four years.

11. The selected candidates who at the Final Examination shall be found to have a competent knowledge of the subjects speciﬁed in Regulation 0, shall be adjudged to have passed, and to be entitled to be appointed to the Civil Service of India.

12. The seniority in the Civil Service of India of the selected candidates shall be determined according to the order in which they stand on the list resulting from the Final Examination.

13. No person will, even after passing the Final Examination, be allowed to prOCeed to India unless he shall comply with the regulations in torce, at the time, for the Civil Service of India, and shall be of sound bodily health and good moral character.— The Civil Service Commissioners will require such further evi- dence on these points as they may deem necessary before grant— ing their Certiﬁcate of Qualiﬁcation.

14. Applications from persons desirous to be admitted as candi-. dates are to be addressed to the Secretary to the Civil Service Commisioncrs, Dean’s Yard, London, S. W.

* “ Nothing can be further from our wish than to hold out premiums for knowledge of wide surface and of small depth. we are of opinion that a Candidate ought to be allowed no credit at all for (airing up a subject in which he is a more s-mattrrcr.”——I{eport of Committee of 18-3-1.

1' Full instructions as to the course of study to be pursued Will be issued to the successful candidates as soon as possible after the result of the open competition is declared.

Norm—(1.) The Secretary of State for India in Council has authorized the Civil Service Commissioners to state that it is his intention to allow the sum of £100 for the ﬁrst year of probation and £200 for the second year to each selected candidate who shall have passed the required Examinations to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, and shall have complied with such rules as may be laid down for the guidance of selected candidates.

(2 ) All selected candidates will be required. at the commence~ meat of the 2nd year of probation, to attend at the India ()tlice,,