Candidates are at liberty to name, before February 1st, 1878, any or all of these branches of knowledge. No subjects are obligatory. 5. 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. 6. 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.* 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 shall be deemed to be selected candidates for the Civil Service of India, provided they appear to be in other respects duly qualified. Should any of the selected candidates become disqualified, the Secretary of State for India will determine whether the vacancy thus created shall be filled up or not. In the former case, the candidate next in order of merit and in other respects duly qualified, shall be deemed to be a selected candidate. A selected candidate declining to accept the appointment which may be offered to him will be disqualified for any subsequent competition. 9. Selected candidates, before proceeding to India, will be on probation for two years, during which time they will be examined periodically, with a 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 vivâ voce examination, as may be deemed necessary. The last of these examinations will be held at the close of the second year of probation, and will be called the "final examination," at which it will be decided whether a selected candidate is qualified for the Civil Service of India. 10. Any candidate who, at any of the periodical examinations, shall appear to have wilfully neglected his studies, or to be physically incapacitated for pursuing the prescribed course of training, will be liable to have his name removed from the list of selected candidates. 11. The selected candidates who, at the final examination, shall be found to have a competent knowledge of the subjects specified in Regulation 9, and who shall have satisfied the Civil Service Commissioners of their eligibility in respect of age, health, and character, shall be certified by the said Commissioners to be entitled to be appointed to the Civil Service of India, provided they shall comply with the regulations in force, at the time, for that Service. 12. Applications from persons desirous to be admitted as candidates are to be addressed to the Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners, London, S.W., from whom the proper form for the purpose may be obtained. June 1877. The Civil Service Commissioners are authorised by the Secretary of State for India in Council to make the following announcements : (1.) Selected candidates will be permitted to choose,§ according to the order in which they stand in the list resulting from the open competition as long as a choice remains, the Presidency (and in Bengal the division of the Presidency) to which they shall be appointed, but this choice will be subject to a different "Nothing can be further from our wish than to hold out premiums for knowledge of wide "surface and of small depth. We are of 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. A deduction of marks will be made under each subject, including Mathematics. Full instructions as to the course of study to be pursued will be issued to the successful candidates as soon as possible after the result of the open competition is declared. Including, besides the languages prescribed for the several presidencies, such other languages as may, with the approval of the Commissioners, be taken up as subjects of examination. This choice must be exercised immediately after the result of the open competition is announced, on such day as may be fixed by the Civil Service Commissioners. arrangement should the Secretary of State or Government of India deem it necessary. (2.) No candidate will be permitted to proceed to India before he shall have passed the final examination, and received a certificate of qualification from the Civil Service Commissioners, or after he shall have attained the age of twentyfour years. (3.) 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 final examination. (4.) It is the intention of the Secretary of State to allow the sum of 501. after each of the three first half years of probation, and 150l. after the last half year, to each selected candidate who shall have passed the required examinations to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, and shall have complied with such rules as may be laid down for the guidance of selected candidates. (5.) All selected candidates will be required, after having passed the second periodical examination, to attend at the India Office for the purpose of entering into an agreement binding themselves, amongst other things, to refund in certain cases the amount of their allowance in the event of their failing to proceed to India. For a candidate under age a surety will be required. (6.) After passing the final examination, each candidate will be required to attend again at the India Office, with the view of entering into covenants. The stamps payable on these documents amount to 11. (7.) Candidates rejected at the final examination of 1880 will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-examination. EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. REGULATIONS FOR THE OPEN COMPETITION OF JULY 1878. N.B.-The Regulations are liable to be altered in future years. 1. On June 25th, 1878, and following days, an Examination of candidates will be held in London. At this Examination not fewer than candidates will be selected, if so many shall be found duly qualified. Of these, will be selected for Presidency of Bengal, [ for the Upper Provinces, and for the Lower Provinces,] for that of Madras, and for that of Bombay.*— Notice will hereafter be given of the days and place of Examination. 2. Any person desirous of competing at this Examination must produce to the Civil Service Commissioners, before the 1st of May 1878, evidence showing :(a) That he is a natural-born subject of Her Majesty. (b) That his age on the 1st of January 1878 will be above 17 years and under 19 years.† [N.B.--In the case of Natives of India this must be certified by the Government of India, or of the Presidency or Province in which the candidate may have resided.] (c) That he has no disease, constitutional affection, or bodily infirmity unfitting him, or likely to unfit him, for the Civil Service of India.‡ (d) That he is of good moral character. He must also pay such fee as the Secretary of State for India may prescribe.§ 3. Should the evidence upon the above points be primâ facie satisfactory to the Civil Service Commissioners, the candidate will, upon payment of the prescribed fee, be admitted to the Examination. The Commissioners may, however, in their discretion, at any time prior to the grant of the certificate of qualification hereinafter referred to, institute such further inquiries as they may deem necessary; and if the result of such inquiries, in the case of any candidate, should be unsatisfactory to them in any of the above respects, he will be ineligible for admission to the Civil Service of India; and if already selected, will be removed from the position of a probationer. * The number of appointments to be made, and the number in each Presidency, &c., &c., will be announced hereafter. It will probably be about half the usual number. + At the Open Competitions to be held in 1879 and 1880, Candidates will be required to be above 17 on the 1st June, and under 19 on the 1st January, of those years respectively. At subsequent competitions, they will be required to be above 17 and under 19 on the 1st June of the year in which the competition is held. Evidence of health and character must bear date not earlier than the 1st April 1878. The fee for this Examination will be 5l., payable by means of a special stamp according to instructions which will be communicated to candidates. 4. The Examination will take place only in the following branches of knowledge: - *English Composition Marks. History of England-including a period selected by the candidate 300 300 Natural Science: that is, the Elements of any two of the follow- Chemistry, 500; Electricity and Magnetism, 300; Experi- Logic Elements of Political Economy Sanskrit Arabic Candidates are at liberty to name, before May 1st, 1878, any branches of knowledge. No subjects are obligatory. 5. 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. 6. The marks assigned to candidates in each branch will be subject to such deduction as the Civil Service Commissioners may deem necessary, in order to secure that "a candidate be allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which "he is a mere smatterer." 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 shall be deemed to be selected candidates for the Civil Service of India, provided they appear to be in other respects duly qualified. Should any of the selected candidates become disqualified, the Secretary of State for India will determine whether the vacancy thus created shall be filled up or not. In the former case, the candidate next in order of merit, and in other respects duly qualified, shall be deemed to be a selected candidate. A selected candidate declining to accept the appointment which may be offered to him will be disqualified for any subsequent competition. 9. Selected candidates, before proceeding to India, will be on probation for two years, during which time they will be examined periodically, with a view of testing their progress in the following subjects:-¶ 1. Law 2. Classical Languages of India— Sanskrit Arabic Persian Marks. 3. Vernacular Languages of India (each) 5. Political Economy 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 ⚫ Marks assigned in English Composition and Mathematics will be subject to no deduction. +A considerable portion of the marks for English History and Literature will be allotted to the work specially prepared. In awarding marks for this, regard will be had partly to the extent and importance of the periods or books selected, and partly to the thoroughness with which they have been studied. The Examination will range from Arithmetic, Algebra, and Elementary Geometry up to the elements of the differential and integral calculus, in luding the lower portions of applied Mathematics. & Marks assigned in English Composition and Mathematics will be subject to no deduction. The standard of marking in Sanskrit and Arabic will be determined with reference to a high degree of proficiency, such as may be expected to be reached by a Native of good education. Full instructions as to the course of study to be pursued will be issued to the successful candidates as soon as possible after the result of the open competition is declared. one examination. The examination will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers, and by vivâ voce examination, as may be deemed necessary. The last of these examinations will be held at the close of the second year of probation, and will be called the "final examination," at which it will be decided whether a selected candidate is qualified for the Civil Service of India. At this examination candidates will be permitted to take up any one of the following branches of Natural Science, viz., Botany, Geology, and Zoology, for which 350 marks will be allowed. 10. Any candidate who, at any of the periodical examinations, shall appear to have wilfully neglected his studies, or to be physically incapacitated for pursuing the prescribed course of training, will be liable to have his name removed from the list of selected candidates. 11. The selected candidates who, at the final examination, shall be found to have a competent knowledge of the subjects specified in Regulation 9, and who shall have satisfied the Civil Service Commissioners of their eligibility in respect of age, health, and character, shall be certified by the said Commissioners to be entitled to be appointed to the Civil Service of India, provided they shall comply with the regulations in force at the time for that Service. 12. Applications from persons desirous to be admitted as candidates are to be addressed to the "Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners, London, S.W.," from whom the proper form for the purpose may be obtained. September 1877. The Civil Service Commissioners are authorised by the Secretary of State for India in Council to make the following announcements : (1.) Selected candidates will be permitted to choose,* according to the order in which they stand in the list resulting from the open competition as long as a choice remains, the Presidency (and in Bengal the division of the Presidency) to which they shall be appointed, but this choice will be subject to a different arrangement, should the Secretary of State, or Government of India, deem it necessary. (2.) The probationers, having passed the necessary examinations, will be required to report themselves to their Government in India not later than the close of December 1881. (3.) 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 final examination. (4.) An allowance of 150l. a year will be given during each of the two years of their probation to all candidates who pass their probation at some University to be approved beforehand by the Secretary of State, provided such candidates shall have passed the required examinations to the satisfaction of the Civil Service Commissioners, and shall have complied with such rules as may be laid down for the guidance of selected candidates. (5.) All selected candidates will be required, after having passed the second periodical examination, to attend at the India Office for the purpose of entering into an agreement binding themselves, amongst other things, to refund in certain cases the amount of their allowance in the event of their failing to proceed to India. A surety will be required. (6.) After passing the final examination, each candidate will be required to attend again at the India Office, with the view of entering into covenants. The stamps payable on these documents amount to 11. (7.) Candidates rejected at the final examination of 1880 will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-examination. This choice must be exercised immediately after the result of the open competition is announced, on such day as may be fixed by the Civil Service Commissioners. SITUATIONS added to SCHEDULE A. of the ORDER IN COUNCIL of 4th June 1870. Clerks in Convict Prisons, and in the Office of the Clerks in the Metropolitan Police Courts Clerks in the Office of the Inspectors of Factories Clerks in the Office of the Inspectors of Burial Clerks in the Public Record Office (Ireland) Junior Clerks in the Superior Establishment, and Patent Office Junior Clerks in the Office of the Comptroller in Home Office and Subordinate Departments - 27 June 1873. 9 September 1873. SITUATIONS withdrawn from SCHEDULE A. of the ORDER IN COUNCIL of 4th June 1870. * Withdrawn from Schedule A. by notice in London Gazette, 15 September 1874. † Restored to Schedule A. by notice in London Gazette, 30 December 1870. Restored to Schedule A. by notices in London Gazette, 30 December 1870 and 3 January 1871. |