II. Transcribers, Indexers, &c., and Clerks in Statistical 1. Handwriting 2. Spelling 3. Arithmetic Department. 4. English Composition 100 150 1. Indian Civil Service 2. India Office; Writerships 3. Civil Service Commission; Clerkships Supplementary Clerkships 5. Admiralty; Dockyard Schoolmasterships 6. Probate Court; Writerships 7. Science and Art Department; Clerkships in Edinburgh Museum 8. University of London; Supplementary Clerkships 9. Royal Irish Academy; Clerks. The Indian Civil Service being by far the most important, we shall refer to more in detail than any of the other offices now open to the public. REGULATIONS.* 1. Any natural-born subject of Her Majesty, who shall be desirous of entering the Civil Service of India, will be entitled to be examined at such examination, provided he shall, on or before the 1st of February previous, have transmitted to the Civil Service Commissioners, Westminster, S. W. (a) A certificate of his birth, showing that his age on the 1st March, same year, 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. 2. In any case in which a doubt may arise as to the eligibility of a candidate in respect of age, health, or character, such inquiries as may be necessary will be instituted by the Civil Service Commissioners. 3. The examination will take place only in the following branches of knowledge. 1,250 Language, Literature, and History of Greece Mathematics, Pure and Mixed Natural Science; that is, (1.) Chemistry, includ- * (5.) 500 ** The total (500 marks) may be obtained Moral Sciences; that is, Logic, Mental and Moral * These regulations are liable to be slightly modified in future years. G 4. The merit of the persons examined will be estimated 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. 5. No candidate will be allowed any marks in respect of any subject of examination, unless he shall be considered to possess a competent knowledge of that subject.* 6. The examination will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers, and by vivâ voce examination, as may be deemed necessary. 7. 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 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 a choice remains, the Presidency (and in Bengal, the division of the Presidency) to which they shall be appointed. 8. Selected candidates before proceeding to India will be held on probation for two years, during which time they will be examined periodically with the view of testing their progress in the following subjects† : 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 examination. The examination will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers, and by vivá voce examination, as may be deemed necessary. The marks obtained at each of such periodical examinations will be added 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." By the merit then shown it will be decided whether a selected candidate is qualified for the Civil Service of India. "Nothing can be further from our wish than to hold out premiums for know"ledge of wide surface and of small depth. We are opinion that a candidate ought to be allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smatterer."-Report of Committee of 1854. Full instructions as to the course of study to be pursued will be issued to successful candidates as soon as possible after the result of the open competition is declared. |