277 APPENDIX VI. CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. CONTENTS. 1. Instructions issued to Candidates with respect to their Periodical Exami- Instructions to the Candidates selected in 1874 Page 278 282 Instructions to the Candidates selected in 1876 286 2. Examination Papers used at the Open Competition of 1876 for the Civil Service of India 293 3. Examination Papers used at the Final Examination of the Candidates selected in 1874 (May and June 1876) 348 4. Papers used at the Examination for Prizes of the Candidates selected in 1874 (May and June 1876) 394 5. Examination Papers used at the Open Competition of 1876 for admission 413 451 1.-INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED TO CANDIDATES. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES SELECTED IN 1874, 30th October 1875. Candidates of I. LANGUAGES. Candidates will be expected to show a thorough knowledge of the grammar of the languages which they take up; facility in translating from and into each language, the examination not being confined to the prescribed Text Books; familiarity with the written character; and some proficiency in speaking the language. Text Books. Hindustani.-Forbes's Totá Kahání (first 82 pp.). Khirad Afroz, pp. 114-149, 225–266. Urdu Petitions, Nos. 1, 2, 7, 14, 25, 36, 42, 53, 62, 70, 80, 91. Telugu.-Brown's Reader, pp. 5-108, 131-227. Lane's Official Documents, Nos. 1-20, and 91–95. Hindi.-Sinhásan Battísí (first 11 stories, with the introduction). Robinson Crusoe, cap. 16-20, pp. 241–302. Hindî Reader, pp. 1–122. Bengali.-Charitábali, pp. 7-65. Naba Nárí, pp. 1-231, and 255–292. Selections from the Som Prakásh. Bengali Petitions, pp. 1-35. Gujarati.-Fourth Reading Book, pp. 1-45 (omitting poetry). Seventh Reading Book, pp. 1-80. Marathi.-Esop's Fables. Fables 1-65. Fifth Reading Book, (omitting poetry), pp. 31-79, 84-101, Vachan Málá, Nos. I., II., XLVIII. to LI., LIV., LV., N.B.--Where pages, &c. are specified, the numbers are to be taken inclusively. Tamil.-Pope's Tamil Reader, pp. 1-145. Pope's Handbook, pp. 174-196. Robertson's Tamil Papers; the Arzis, p. 173 to end. Sanskrit.-Johnson's Mahábhárata Selections, pp. 1-34, 61-86. Arabic.-Alif Laila, pp. 101-161 of Vol. I. (Macnaghten's edition). Forbes's Reading Lessons, pp. 73–103. Persian.-Gulistán, Books 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. Anwári Suhailí (Hertford edition), pp. 120-203. Candidates of Special in- II.-LAW. 1. General Jurisprudence.-Candidates will be expected to show that they have mastered the general contents of the prescribed textbooks, the principles to be extracted from them, and their bearings on one another. Text Books. Blackstone's Commentaries (Kerr's edition), from $ ii. of the Introduction to Book I. cap. xviii.; or the following portions of Stephen's Commentaries:-§§ ii.-iv. of the Introduction. Books I. and III. and Book IV. Part 1; Part 2, cap. i.; and Part 3, cap. i. The Institutes of Justinian. Austin's Lectures, I., V., and VI. Maine's Ancient Law. Lord Mackenzie's Studies in Roman Law. (A knowledge of the comparative views of the Laws of France and Scotland will not be required.)* Bentham's Theory of Legislation by Dumont.-Principles of Legislation, cap. vii. to end; Principles of Civil Code (omitting cap. v. of Part III.). 2. Notes of Cases and Law of Evidence.-Each candidate will be required to furnish five reports,† drawn up as described in the "General Instructions," with particular attention to clearness of language, and * The whole of this work may be read with advantage by candidates for the Prize in Law; as also Bentham's Principles of the Penal Code. †These reports must be sent in on or before March 31st. They should be legibly written on half sheets of foolscap paper, and on one side only. Candidates of method in the analytical summaries. The subjects of these reports are to be as follows* : 1874. Final examination. Special instructions. 1. The investigation before a London police magistrate of a grave criminal charge, ending in committal for trial by jury. The attendance for this report may commence on the first remand; † but in such case, the purport of the evidence taken before the first remand must be clearly and fully given in the report. 2. The whole business, of whatever kind, transacted in a London police court in any one day. (No separate summary required.) 3-4. Two important civil causes tried by a special jury in London or Westminster, or at Kingston. 5. A case heard in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, on appeal from India.‡ If this cannot be obtained, the cases argued and decided in any one day in the Court for the consideration of appeals in Criminal cases, or a case heard in one of the Courts in Banc, at Westminster, in the Exchequer Chamber, or in the House of Lords, will be received as equivalent. Besides continuing the general study of the leading rules of evidence and procedure, as laid down in Pitt Taylor's Treatise, candidates will be required to master more particularly the provisions of the Indian Evidence Act (1872). 3. Indian Law: All candidates must be thoroughly acquainted with the following works : The Indian Penal Code. The Code of Civil Procedure. The Code of Criminal Procedure (1872). Hindu and Mahommedan Law. The Intestate and Testamentary Succession (British India) The Indian Law of Contracts (1872). Acts of the Government of India, No, 23 of 1861, and No. 9 of 1863. III.—HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA.§ Candidates will be expected to show a general knowledge of Elphinstone's History of India, and to be well acquainted with the Geography of India. Under the head of History they will be examined more particularly in the following works : Mill's British India, chapters 8-13 of Book VI. Wilson's continuation of Mill, chapter 1 of Book I., and 1-12 of Marshman's History of India, chapters 8-38. It is expected that candidates will, by their own inquiries, ascertain at what places and times they should attend for the purpose of taking their Notes. In case of difficulty, however, application may be made to this office for such information as the Commissioners may be able to afford. The days of such remands may be ascertained by inquiry from the clerks of the several police courts. All candidates for the prize will be expected to report an Indian Appeal Case. § Candidates for the prize will be expected to have read not only the general histories of India, but also such special works as the histories of Orme and Grant Duff, and Kaye's Afghan War, and Life of Metcalfe. |