ROYAL GAZETTE.

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ism. (3) Geology and Mineralogy, (4)

Zoology. (5) Botany - - - - 1,000 *ﬁ' The total (1,000) marks may be obtained by

adequate proﬁciency in any two or more of the ﬁve

branches of science included under this head.

Moral Sciences; that is, Logic, Mental and Moral

Philosophy - - - - - - 500 Sanskrit Language and Literature - - 500 Arabic Language and Literature - - - 500

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

6. No candidate will be allowed any marks in respect

90f any subject of examination. unless he shall be con- sidered to possess a competent knowledge of that sub- 'ect. "‘ J 7. The Examination will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers, and by viva vocc examination. as may be deemed necessary.

8. The marks obtained by each Candidate. in res- pect of each of the subjects in which he shall have been examined. will be added up, and the names of the candidates who shall have obtained a greater aggregate number of marks than any of the remaining candidates will he set forth in order of merit. and such candidates shall be deemed to be selected candidates for the Civil Service, of India, provided they are in other respects duly qualiﬁed; and shall be permitted to choose,1' ac- cording to the order in which they stand, as long as a choice remains, the Presidency (and iii Bengal. the di- vision of the Presidency) to which they shall be ap- pointed.

9. Selected candidates before proceeding to India, will be on probation for two years, during which time they will be examined periodically, with the view of testing their progress in the following subjectsitz—

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 de- notes the greatest number of marks that can he obtain- ed in respect of it at any one Examination. The Ex- amination will be conducted by means of printed ques- tions and Written answers, and by viva vocc Examina- tion. as may be deemed necessary. The last of these Examinations will be held at the close of the second year of probation, and will be called the " Final Exam~ ination.” at which‘it will be decided Whether a Selected candidate is qualiﬁed for the Civil Service of India.

10. Any candidate who, at- any of the periodical Examinations, shall appear to have \vilfully neglected his studies, or to be physically incapacitated for pursu-

* "Nothing can be; further from our wish than to hold out~ remiums,{or knowledge of wide surface. and of small opth. \Ve are of opinion- that a candidate ought to be'allowed no credit at all for taking up a sub- ject in which he is a mere smatterer.”-—- Report of Com- mittee of 1854. . j >

’r This right must be exercised immediately after the result of the examination is announced, on such day as may be ﬁxed by'thc Civil Service Commissioners.

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 competi. tion is declared.

ll Including. besides the languages preseribed for the several Presidencies. such other languages as may. with the approval of the Commissioners, be taken up as subjects of examination.

863 ing the prescribed course of training, will be liable to have his name removed from the list of selected candi- dates.

II. No candidate will be permitted to proceed to India before he shall have passed tlie‘Final Examina- tion, and received a certiﬁcate of qualiﬁcation from the Civil Service Commissioners, or after he shall have at- tained the age of twenty-four years.

12. The selected candidates who. at the Final Ex- amination. shall be found to have a competent know- lrdge cf the subjects Speciﬁed in Regulation 9. shall be adjudged to have passed, and to be entitled to be ap- pointed to the Civil Service of India, provided they shall comply with the regulations in force. at the time, for the Civil Service of India. and shall be of sound bodily health and geod moral character. The Civil Service Commissioners will require Such further evidence on these points as they may deem necessary before grant- ing their Certiﬁcate of Qualiﬁcation.

13. 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.

14. Applications from persons desirous to be admit- ted as candidates are to be addressed to the Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners. London, S. W.

May 1, 1869.

Nona—(1.) The Secretary of State for India in Coun- cil has authorized the Civil Service CommissiOners to state that it is his intention to allow the sum of £50 after each of the three ﬁrst half years of probation. and £150 after the last haif year, to each selected candidate who shall have passed the required exams inations 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. after having passed the second periodical examination. to attend at the India Oﬂice for the purpose of entering into an agreement binding themselves. amongst other things. to refund in certain cases the amount of their allowance in the eVent of their failing to pro- ceed to India. For a candidate under age a surety will be required.

(3.) After passing the Final Examination. each candidate will be required to attend again at the III-'- dia Ofﬁce. 'with the view of entering into covenants and giving a bond for £1,000. jointly with two sure- ties, for the due fulﬁlment ol the same. The stamps payable by civilians on these documents amount to £3 lOs. _‘

(4.) Candidates rejected at the Final Examination of 1872. will in no case be allowed to present them~ selves for re-exainination. '

In the Court 'of Insolvent Debtors.

33rd Vic. A. D. 1869. Prince Edvmrd Island} Queen's Co.. to wit. ‘ In re Ewen Callaghan, of the Royalty of (harlottctown. in Queen’s County, in the said Island. lf'armcr, an Insolvent Debtor. , NLESS canse be showii to the contrary on Tuesday. the Third day of August next, at much, in the Court House. in Charlottetown, the above named Ewen Callaghan will be discharged, under and by virtue of the Unfortunate chtors' Act, from all debt contracted by him prior to his application for the beneﬁt of the said Act. Dated the sixth day of July. A. D. 1869. CHARLES YOUNG. Judge or Com. I. D. C. On motion of Benj. DesBrisay, Esq., of counsel for Insolvent Debtor. 41