EXAMINATION PAPERS. It has been thought advisable to divide the Examination Papers into two parts. Part I, containing those on Orthography, Arithmetic, Book-keeping, Geography, English History, English Composition, Précis, French and Latin. A knowledge of these subjects will enable a Candidate to pass, with scarcely an exception, in any branch of the Civil Service. The character of the examination in the above subjects, is dwelt upon in the "GENERAL REMARKS ON THE EXAMINATIONS." In Part II, Examination Papers are given on the subjects required for particular offices, as well as those on the Languages which may be substituted, (at the option of the Candidate,) for Latin or French (see "QUALIFICATIONS"). These Examination Papers are selected from the Third Report of Her Majesty's Civil Service Commissioners, and are, therefore, in the latest form in which the questions are given. Care has also been taken to select an Examination Paper, on every subject prescribed in the Qualifications. (Set only to Candidates for Clerkships, and similar positions.) (Time allowed, 1 hour.) Copy the following passage clearly and legibly, correcting mistakes of spelling and grammar, but not otherwise altering either the words, or their order. The grate leeding feeture of that sistem of internel adminestration which owes its orrigin to the Marques Cornwalis, consists in the totall seperation of the too dipartments of justice and revinue, by dipriving the collecter of all authorety as judge and majestrate, and vesting it in the hands of a destinct functionery. To this may be added the intire subversion of evry native instetution, the transfer of the propperty in the soile to a destinct class of pursons, dignefied with the apelation of Zemindars; tha ovarthrow of all hereddetary jurissdictions, the abbolition of all hereddetary ofices, and the remooval as much as posible out of the hands of the natives of evry species of powar and influance. Acording to the anchient custems of this country, as they prevaled under the rule of the Mogul dynasty, the oficer to whom was commited the charge of adminestering the revinue in evry distrect, was (by whatever title recognised) vested with extencive juidicial authorety. It was his business, in an espescial maner, to hear and to ditermine all desputes arrising out of the colection of the land-tax; to defend the rayets or cultevaters against the tyrany of his own oficers, and to cause restetution to be made whenevar he saw reeson to bilieve that more than the estabblished ammount had been exacted from them. Both the titles of these functioneries, and the extent of there jurissdiction, necessarilly varied in diffirent parts of India; but there powar, whether it extended over a provvince, a portion of provvince, or a singal vilage, was evry were in effect the same. But the most remarkeble of all the native instetutions was perhapps the Punchayet. This was an asembly of a certain number of the inhabbitents, bifore whom parties maintaining a despute with one another pleeded there own cause, and who, like an English juery, herd both sides paciently, and then gave a dicision, acording to there own views of the case. (N.B.-The words printed in Italics do not require correction.) EXERCISES IN WRITING FROM DICTATION. [N.B. In writing from Dictation, Candidates are cautioned by a notice printed at the top of the paper on which they write, that attention should be paid to clear and legible handwriting, to correct spelling, and to proper punctuation.' The following extract from a memorandum sent to examiners in the country will show the method pursued in Dictating. The examiner is requested to read the printed paper headed "Dictation," at first—so that the Candidate may gather its general purport: a second time, slowly—that he may have ample time to write it down: a third time-that he may have an opportunity of correcting and punctuating what he has written. Ruled lines should not be allowed."] PASSAGES USED IN THE EXAMINATION OF TIDEWAITERS, WEIGHERS, LETTER-CARRIERS,* &c. In some parts of London, the streets are wide, straight, and regular; but in others, especially in the older parts, they are narrow and winding. There is the same variety in the appearance of the houses, which, in some quarters of the city, are large, handsome, and well-built, while in others they are small and mean. Two or three of the bridges are very beautiful, and present a noble appearance when seen from one of the river steamers. But the glory of London consists in its parks, which are more beautiful than anything of the kind which can be seen in any of the capital cities of foreign countries. They are planted with trees, and some of them contain pieces of water. On a fine evening you may see people of all ages, men, women, and children, collected in the parks to refresh themselves after the labours of the day. PASSAGES USED IN THE EXAMINATION OF CLERKS, AND SIMILAR OFFICERS. These apparently trivial observations seem to take away from the dignity of writing, and therefore are never communicated without hesitation. But it must be remembered that life consists not of a series of illustrious actions or elegant The passages now used in the examination of Letter-carriers and MailGuards are restricted to "three or four lines" in length. F enjoyments; the greater part of our time passes in compliance with necessities, in the performance of daily duties, in removing small inconveniences, or in procuring petty pleasures. The manners of a people are not to be judged of in the schools of learning or the palaces of greatness, where the national character is obscured or obliterated by travel or instruction, by philosophy or vanity: nor is public happiness to be estimated by the assemblies of the gay or the banquets of the rich. The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay those whose aggregate constitutes the people are found in the streets and villages, in the shops and farms; and from them, collectively considered, must the measure of general prosperity be taken. According as they approach to delicacy a nation is refined; and when their conveniences are multiplied, a nation, at least, a commercial nation, must be denominated wealthy. ARITHMETIC. ADDITION. Set to all Candidates who are required to show a knowledge of Arithmetic, with the exception of Tidewaiters, Weighers, Letter Carriers, Mail Guards and Messengers. It is important the addition should be quite correct. Set to Temporary Clerks in the War Department, Post Ofice Provincial Clerks, Tidewaiters and Weighers. The working of the following questions as well as the answers is to be shown up. 5. Multiply 46054 by 78. 6. Multiply 247003 by 6020. |