35. Each province or class of works within a province is divided into circles, under Superintending Engineers. The last returns show that there were altogether 55 officers of this rank in the Department, of whom 22 had charge of circles of buildings and road works, 12 of circles of irrigation works or lines of canals, 12 of miscellaneous works, and 9 of lines or portions of lines of State railways. 36. The Superintending Engineers are divided under the regulations of the Public Works Code in equal proportions among the three classes. 37. The actual execution of work is conducted by the Executive and Assistant Engineers. The sanctioned establishment of these officers (as well as of the higher ranks) varies from time to time according to the requirements of the public service, but it is provided by the regulations that of the aggregate number maintained at any time the Assistant Engineers shall be 60 per cent. in excess of the Executive. 38. Of the total number of Executive Engineers sanctioned for any province, it is provided that 3ths shall belong to the first grade, ths to the second and third each, andths to the fourth. Of the Assistant Engineers attached to a province one third belong to the first grade, the remainder with the apprentices to the other two. 39. Civil Engineers appointed to the Department from the new Civil Engineering College enter as assistants, second grade. They will either be placed at the disposal of the Government of India, and will be posted on arrival to one of the provinces under the administration of that Government,* or else they will be sent in the first instance to Madras or Bombay, in which case they will not be liable to transfer from those provinces. 40. Promotions from one grade or class to another are dependent on the occurrence of vacancies in the sanctioned establishment, and are regulated in the following way :— 41. Promotions of their Assistant and Executive Engineers in Madras, Bombay, Bengal, North-West Provinces, and Punjab, are made by the Governments of those provinces respectively, but the promotions of the officers of these classes serving in the seven smaller provinces are made from one general list by the Government of India. 42. Promotions to Superintending and Chief Engineer are made on one general list for all India, except in Madras and Bombay, where the vacancies in all grades are filled up by the Local Government from the officers serving under them respectively. 43. Promotion is made wholly by selection: mere seniority is considered to confer no claim to it. *Bengal; North-West Provinces; Punjab; Oude; Central Provinces; Burmah; Berar (Hyderabad); Mysore; Rajpootana; Central India. SUMMARY OF THE RULES AS TO LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND PENSIONS APPLICABLE TO CIVIL ENGINEERS IN INDIA. Leave of Absence. Leave of absence on medical certificate may be granted with allowances within Indian limits as often as necessary, so as not to exceed 3 years in all; beyond Indian limits only twice; any further leave will be without allowance. Leave on private affairs and furlough, 6 months every 6 years, or 1 year after 10 years' service, and another year after 18 years' service. Privilege leave, 1 month each year if without injury to the service. This may accumulate for 3 years. Preparatory or additional leave, 14 days, more or less, for preparation and proceeding to sanatarium or port of embarkation. This leave cannot therefore be added to privilege leave. Absentee Pay. To an officer on sick leave, half-pay for 15 months; afterwards, one-fourth. If on leave on private affairs, half-pay for 6 months; if on furlough, about one-third of his pay; if on privilege leave, full pay. N.B. The allowance never to exceed 6007. if at half-pay, or 3001. a year if at one-fourth pay. Pensions On sufficient medical certificate, showing his incapacity to serve longer in India. Under 15 years' service, a gratuity not exceeding 12 months' pay. After 15 years' service, a pension of one-third average pay for last 5 years, but so as not to exceed 2007. a year, unless pay is 1200l. a year, when he may have 3007. After 25 years' service, half-pay, but not to exceed 4007. or 5007. as above. After 30 years' service a similar pension to the last without medical certificate. The above rates also apply in case of reduction of establishment. Pensions of the full amount are to be granted only as the reward of approved service, in other cases a reduced amount may be given. Service towards Pension. Dismissal forfeits pension. Service as substitute does not count, nor any period of absence on other than privilege leave. The service must be in an eligible grade, permanent and continuous, but special cases will be considered. Forest Department in India. An Examination for three situations, age 17 to 23; candidates must be unmarried, and may not marry before they leave for India, and they must pass a strict medical examination. Subjects of Examination. I. English Writing from dictation, and English Composition. III. Algebra, Elementary Principles, Simple and Quadratic IV. Geometry (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th books of Euclid) and Plane Trigonometry. V. Free Hand-drawing. VI. A good colloquial knowledge of French, [or German,] with the facility of translating from that language. A preference will be given to those candidates who, in addition to the above, show proficiency in— VII. Surveying and Land Measuring. And in the elements of Chemistry, Botany, and Geology and Mineralogy. VIII. Candidates may also obtain marks for proficiency in— Plan-drawing, and Mechanical and Natural Philosophy. The successful candidates will undergo a course of training of two years and a half in the management of Forests and the science of Forestry, in surveying, road-making, and the natural sciences. They will therefore be placed under certain officers and professors in France [or Germany] who will report as to their diligence and conduct. If the reports continue satisfactory, they will, at the end of the course, have to pass a practical Examination, and those who pass will proceed to Scotland to spend a month or more with a forester. The cost to the candidate of this training, with board and lodging, is estimated at 500l., but the India Office allow him 50l. every half-year, and pay his passage out. The salaries in the three Presidencies range from 300l. to 19007. a year. Promotion depends on efficiency. The rules as to pensions, furlough, &c., are similar to those for Civil Engineers, described on page 30. DIRECT COMMISSIONS. It is understood that the Examinations for Direct Commissions are suspended for the present. The following Regulations were those last in force : I. The Examinations of candidates for Direct Commissions will be held in London at such periods as the exigencies of the service may require, and be conducted under the direction of the Civil Service Commissioners by Examiners appointed for the purpose. The number of candidates summoned to attend each Examination will be limited to the requirements of the service. II. The age of candidates examined for direct appointments will be, until further notice, from 17 to 20 years for the infantry, from 17 to 22 years for the cavalry, and from 17 to 26 years for colonial corps. III. The candidate will be examined by a Medical Board, to ascertain that he is in every point of view, as regards his physical constitution, fit for military service. He will be required to produce the following certificates, which must be forwarded to the Military Secretary, Horse Guards, S.W., as soon as possible after the receipt of the Military Secretary's order to attend for examination. (a.) A Certificate of Baptism, or other satisfactory proof of his age. (b.) A Certificate from a Minister of the Church or of the denomination to which he belongs, that he has been duly instructed in the principles of religion. (c.) A Certificate of good moral character, signed by a clergyman of the parish to which he belongs, or by the tutor or head of the school or college at which he has received his education for at least the two preceding years; or such other proof of good moral character as will be satisfactory to the Commander-in-Chief. (d.) A statement of the subjects in which he wishes to be examined. IV. The following will be the subjects of examination, but no candidate will be allowed to be examined in more than Five of these subjects:- *Modern Languages (not including Provincial History, Ancient and Modern, with Geography 1200 1200 1200 1200 600 V. Of the foregoing subjects, the elementary branches of Mathematics and the English Language, to the extent stated in the following paragraphs, will be considered obligatory :: 1. In Mathematics, 1200 marks will be given to the following obligatory portions, viz. Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, Proportion, Extraction of the Square Root, and Simple Interest. Algebra, including Fractions, Simple Equations, and questions producing them: Euclid, the first three Books. Of the 1200 marks allotted to the foregoing portions of Mathematics, 400 will be required for qualification, and of these at least 200 must be obtained in Arithmetic. 2. In the English Language, the candidate will be required to write correctly and in a good legible hand from dictation, and to compose grammatically. He will be required to obtain at least 200 marks in this subject. 3. Out of the remaining subjects the candidate may select any three. 4. No candidate will be allowed to count the marks gained in any one of the three voluntary subjects, unless amounting to onesixth of the whole number of marks allotted to that subject; and * Each modern language is reckoned as one subject. D |