Candidates of Special in- 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, candidates will be required to read attentively the chapters in Pitt Taylor's Law of Evidence, treating of Grounds of Belief. Secondary Evidence. Hearsay, and the cases in which the rule as to hearsay is relaxed. Admissions and Confessions. Private Writings. 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. Macnaghten's Principles of Hindu and Mahommedan Law. The Letters Patent for the High Courts of Judicature. 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, Vols. III. and VI. IV. POLITICAL ECONOMY.† Candidates will be examined more particularly in Mill's Political Economy; but they must be prepared to answer questions referring, for the sake of illustration or comparison, to Adam Smith and McCulloch's Notes. N.B.-Candidates are reminded that at this examination it will be decided whether they are qualified for the Civil Service of India, and that no Candidate can be regarded as qualified who is not found to have a competent knowledge of the several subjects above specified. * 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 Duff, and Kaye's Afghan War, and Life of Metcalfe. Candidates for the prize will be expected to have included in their reading the first 21 chapters, at least, of Ricardo's Political Economy, Northcote's History of Twenty Years of Financial Policy, and Göschen's Theory of Foreign Exchanges. As the duties of civilians in India are such as often require the Candidates of performance of journeys on horseback, candidates will be expected to 1869. produce before the time fixed for the final examination satisfactory evidence of their ability in this respect. PRIZES. Prizes of the value set forth below will be offered for competition in the several subjects, and will be awarded according to the combined results of the general examination, and of a separate prize examination. The Civil Service Commissioners are only authorised to award these prizes on condition that a high standard of proficiency is attained. Final examination. Special instructions. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES SELECTED IN 1870, Candidates of WITH REGARD TO THEIR SECOND PERIODICAL EXAMINATION, 1870nd COMMENCING ON TUESDAY THE 2ND OF MAY 1871. N.B.-In each subject candidates must be prepared to answer questions referring, for the sake of illustration or comparison, to the books prescribed for the first Examination. I.-LANGUAGES. 15th November 1870. Candidates will be examined in the grammar of the vernacular languages which they respectively take up, and in the under-mentioned text-books. Passages will be set from the text-books for translation into English, and for re-translation into the original, as well as a simple narrative passage from some English book for translation. An extract will also be given from some easy native book other than the textbook. Special value will be attached to correct and idiomatic writing of the vernacular languages. Candidates are recommended to practise as much as possible re-translating into the original languages passages translated from the text-books. Marks will also be given for correct pronunciation of the native sounds. Hindustani.-Totá Kahání, p. 82-end. Ikhwán-us-Safá, pp. 5-45. Hindi.-Hindi Reader, pp. 1–56. Prem Ságar, pp. 1-30 (omitting poetry). periodical examination. Special instructions. Marathi.-Fifth Reading Book, pp. 28-91. Candidates of Bengali.-Naba Nárí, pp. 39–129. 1870. Second periodical examination. Special instructions. Tamil.-Pope's Handbook, pp. 7–15, 23–125, 174-196, and 202 206. Pope's Reader, pp. 50-104. Rhenius' Grammar, 3rd ed., pp. 76–186. Telugu.-Brown's Grammar; especially Books 2 to 7. Sanskrit.-The Grammar. Johnson's Mahábhárata Selections, pp. 61-86. Hitopadesa, Book i. (omitting introduction) to the com- Arabic.-Alif Laila. Vol. I. of Macnaghten's Edition, pp. 200-230. Persian.-Gulistán, caps. ii., iii., iv., and Stories 1 to 8 of cap. v. II.-LAW. 1. General Jurisprudence.—The books or portions of books to be studied are: Blackstone's Commentaries (Kerr's edition), Book I., cap. ix.-xviii.; or, if Kerr's edition cannot be procured, the following portions of Stephen's Commentaries :-Book III., Book IV., Part 1. cap. ii., and cap. viii. to end; Part 2, cap. i.; and Part 3, cap. i. Justinian's Institutes (Sandars's edition), Book I., and Book II. to Tit. ix., section 6, with the Editor's Introduction. Maine's Ancient Law, chapters i.-v. 2. Notes of Cases and Law of Evidence.-Not fewer than ten reports must be supplied by each candidate, drawn up as required by the "General Instructions," and consisting exclusively of cases decided in the Courts of Assize, in the Central Criminal Court, or in the Superior Courts of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin. Five of these reports must relate to civil actions, and five to criminal trials. No case should be taken in which the defendant or prisoner is unrepresented by counsel. The Law of Evidence is to be studied more especially under the heads mentioned in the "General Instructions." The book recommended is Pitt Taylor's "Law of Evidence." 3. Indian Law: The Penal Code. The Code of Criminal Procedure. The Code of Civil Procedure. Acts of the Government of India, No. 23 of 1861, and No. 9 of 1863. III. HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA. Elphinstone, from Book VI. to end. The Map of India, with special reference to the prescribed portion of History. Geography of India, by Duncan. IV. POLITICAL ECONOMY. Candidates of 1870. M'Culloch's edition of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, 1863, Books Second III., IV., and V., with the Supplemental Notes and Dissertations as far periodical as they relate to these books. After the examination prizes will be given as follows:- For the greatest proficiency in Law (Jurisprudence) examination. Special instructions. £ 10 Ditto ditto Law (Notes of Cases, &c.) 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 and Geography of India 10 No prize will be awarded except for a respectable degree of proficiency; no candidate will receive a prize who does not exhibit satisfactory proficiency in each of the prescribed subjects; and no candidate will receive a prize in respect of any subject for which a prize was awarded to him at the last examination. N.B.-No candidate who, in any of the prescribed subjects, shall fail to show satisfactory proficiency, will receive marks in respect of any additional language. 1870. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES SELECTED IN 1870, Candidates of WITH REGARD TO THEIR THIRD PERIODICAL EXAMINATION, Third COMMENCING ON TUESDAY THE 17TH OCTOBER 1871. 19th May 1871. N.B.-In each subject candidates must be prepared to answer questions referring, for the sake of illustration or comparison, to the books prescribed for the previous Examinations. I-LANGUAGES. Passages will be set from the text-books for translation into English, and for re-translation into the original, as well as a passage from some English book for translation. An extract will also be given from some native book other than the text-book, and questions will be asked on the Grammar. Special value will be attached to correct and idiomatic writing of the vernacular languages. Candidates are recommended to practise as much as possible re-translating into the original languages passages translated from the text-books. Marks will also be given for correct pronunciation of the native sounds. N.B.-No candidate who, in any of the prescribed subjects, shall fail to show satisfactory proficiency, will receive marks in respect of any additional language. periodical examination. Special instructions. Candidates of 1870. Third periodical examination. Special instructions. TEXT BOOKS. Hindustani.-Ikhwán-us-Safá, pp. 1-4 and 45-end. Bengali.-Naba Nárí, pp. 129-227. Marathi.-Fifth Reading Book (edition of 1865), pp. 92-103, 134– 158. Lipidhárá, pp. 1–40.* Tamil.-Pope's Reader, pp. 104–145. Panchatantram, 1st Book. Rhenius' Grammar, pp. 43-75, 187–220. Telugu.-Brown's Grammar, especially Books 6-10, with the Ap pendix. Brown's Reader, ch. ii., pp. 131-188. Sanskrit.-Hitopadesa, from the beginning of Hiranyaka's History in Book I. to the end of the "Sandpiper and the Sea in Book II. Arabic.-Nufhut Alyumun, pp. 20-40. Alif Laila (Macnaghten's Ed.), vol. i., pp. 230-258. Fifth Reading Book, pp. 1-80 (omitting poetry). II.-LAW. 1. General Jurisprudence.-The books or portions of books to be studied are: Justinian's Institutes (Sandars's edition), from Tit. x. of Book II. to the end of Book IV. Maine's Ancient Law, chapters vi.-x. 2. Notes of Cases and Law of Evidence. Not fewer than six reports must be supplied by each candidate, drawn up as required by the General Instructions, and referring exclusively to cases of importance tried before juries in the Courts of Assize, in the Central Criminal Court, or in the Superior Courts of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin. Three of these reports must relate to civil actions, and three to criminal trials. The civil cases must consist entirely of actions tried before special juries. The criminal cases must be selected for some special quality, such as the gravity of the offence charged (e.g., varieties of homicide, perjury, forgery, aggravated assaults, &c.), the nature of the evidence produced, the number of prisoners, &c. No case should be taken in which either party is unrepresented by counsel. Particular attention should be paid to clearness of language and method in the analytical summaries. The Law of Evidence is to be studied in the manner described in the "General Instructions." 3. Indian Law : The Indian Penal Code. The Intestate and Testamentary Succession Act. Hindu Law. Mahommedan Law. * Candidates will be expected to write the Modi character, as well as to read it. |