7. The examination will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers, and by vivâ 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 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 be set forth in order of merit, and such candidates if found duly qualified shall be deemed to be selected candidates for the Civil Service of India. They shall be permitted to choose, according to the order in which they stand, as long as any choice remains, the Presidency to which they shall be appointed.

9. In July, 1861, a further examination of the selected candidates will take place in the following subjects:—

1.

Sanscrit

Vernacular Languages of India (each).

Each candidate may name one or two languages. If he name one only, he must name either Sanscrit or a vernacular language current in the presidency which he has selected.

2. The History and Geography of India.

3. The General Principles of Jurisprudence and the Elements of Hindoo and Mahomedan law

4. Political Economy

350

500

1000

500

In this, as in the preceding examination, 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. The examination will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers, and by vivâ voce examination, as may be deemed necessary.

10. No candidate will be permitted to proceed to India until he shall have passed the further examination, or after he shall have attained the age of 24 years.

11. The selected candidates who at the further examination shall be found to have a competent knowledge of the

subjects specified in regulation 9 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 further examination.

13. No person will, even after passing the further examination, be allowed to proceed to India unless he shall comply with the regulations in force 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 evidence on these points as they may deem necessary before granting their certificate of qualifi

cation.

14. Applications from persons desirous of being admitted as candidates are to be addressed to the secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners, Dean's-yard, London, S.W.

Note. The Secretary of State for India in Council has authorized the Civil Service Commissioners to state that, with the view of meeting the expenses to be incurred by selected candidates during the interval which must elapse before they can proceed to India, it is his intention to allow the sum of 100l. to each selected candidate who shall have passed the further examination in July, 1861, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, and shall have complied with such rules as may be laid down for the guidance of selected candidates.

SALARIES.

Civil Servants on first arrival in India, and before they are qualified for and appointed to Office, receive the following Allowances-

There is an examination at the commencement of every month, at which all unpassed Civil Servants are required to attend, and the result is reported to Government.

Civil Servants must pass in 1 language in 5 months.

2 languages 9

If they fail to pass within the above periods, they are sent into the interior; and if they fail to pass in 18 months they are removed from the Service.

The Salaries of Civil Servants are increased as soon as they enter upon active duty, and those who distinguish themselves by ability and good conduct, are, in the course of time, advanced to situations of great value and importance.

G. W. Dasent, Esq., D.C.L. of Magd.
Hall, Oxford.

English Language G. L. Craik, Esq., M. A. Professor of

and Literature

Greek and Latin
Languages and
Literature

History and English Literature in
Queen's College, Belfast.

Rev. J. W. Donaldson, D.D., late Fellow
of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Rev. W. E. Buckley, M.A., late Fellow of
Brasenose College, Oxford, and late
Professor of Classical Literature at
Haileybury College.

German Language and Literature

Italian Language and Literature

Sanskrit Language, and Literature

Arabic Language and Literature

Mathematics

Natural Science

Moral Science

Max Müller, Esq., M.A., Fellow of All
Souls College, Oxford, and Professor
of Modern European Languages in the
University of Oxford.

Count Charles Arrivabene, LL.D., Pro-
fessor of the Language and Literature
of Italy in University College, London.
Monier Williams, Esq., M.A., of Univer-
sity College, Oxford, late Professor of
Sanskrit at Haileybury College.
Col. Ouseley, late Professor of Arabic
and Persian at Haileybury College.
Rev. Charles Graves, D.D., Fellow of
Trinity College, Dublin, and Erasmus
Smith's Prof. of Mathematics in the
University of Dublin.
Rev. J. W. L. Heaviside, M.A., late
Fellow of Sidney Sussex College,
Cambridge, and late Professor of
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy
at Haileybury College.

G. D. Liveing, Esq., M.A. Fellow of
St. John's College, Cambridge, and
Alex. Bain, Esq., M.A., Examiner in
Logic and Intellectual, Moral, and
Political Philosophy in the University
of London.

ENGINEER ESTABLISHMENT OF INDIA.`

By Order of the Secretary of State for India in Council.

A number (to be hereafter determined) of Junior Appointments in the Engineer Establishment, and of Junior Appointments in the Upper Subordinate Establishment of the Department of Public Works in India, will next year be open to Public Competition.

Candidates for Appointment to the Engineer Establishment must be not more than 23 years of age; and must have passed either not less than three years as articled pupils of a civil or mechanical engineer, or not less than two years, as students in an engineering school or college approved by the Secretary of State in Council, and, in addition, not less than one year in practice under a civil or mechanical engineer.

On these points they must be provided with satisfactory certificates, and must also produce testimonials of good moral character and conduct from the Engineer or Professor under whom they have served, or by whom they have been instructed, as well as certificates from the Examining Physician to the India Office, of their being in a fit state of health for service in India. On applying with these documents at the Department of Public Works in this office, in the course of the month of May next year (during which month only will applications be received), the names of the candidates will be registered, and they will be authorized to present themselves for examination, on an appointed day, at the Royal Indian Military College, at Addiscombe.

The subjects of examination, and the maximum number of marks to be awarded for proficiency in each, will be the following:

Writing English correctly and legibly from dictation to be indispensable.

Algebra-Elementary principles, Simple and Quadratic Equation, Surds, Ratios, and Proportion; Arithmetical and Geometrical Progression

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Euclid-1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and first 21 propositions of the 11th Book ...

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