Twelve candidates who passed the Preliminary Examination are omitted from the above Table, having failed to comply with the regulation which requires not less than two subjects, exclusive of Drawing, to be taken up. 125 candidates failed to pass the Preliminary Examination. LIEUTENANTS OF MILITIA. The following Lieutenants of Militia passed a qualifying examination at the same time for Commissions in the Army: Thirty Lieutenants of Militia failed either in the Preliminary or in the Qualifying Examination. 1. Instructions issued to Candidates with respect to their Periodical Exami- 1.-INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED TO CANDIDATES. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES SELECTED IN 1875, 1st December 1876. Candidates of 1875. Final examination. Special instructions.. 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.). Akláq-i-Hindí, pp. 1-80. Bagh o Bahár, pp. 10-238. 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.-Sakuntala, pp. 1–80. Robinson Crusoe, pp. 7-126. Hindî Reader, pp. 1-122. Bengali.-Charitábali, pp. 7-65. Naba Nárí, pp. 1–231, and 255–320. Selections from the Som Prakásh. 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. Story of Nala, Books 1-16. The first two Books of the Hitopade'sa, including the in- Raghuvan'sa, Books 1, 2, and 5. (Stenzler's edition.) Arabic.-Alif Laila, pp. 101-196 of Vol. I. (Macnaghten's edition). Forbes's Reading Lessons, pp. 73-103. Persian.-Gulistán, Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, pp. 13-120, and 126-144. Anwári Suhailí (Hertford edition), pp. 120-209. 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. Candidates of 1875. Final examination. Special instructions. Text Books. Blackstones 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 four 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 so as to be received at this office on or before April 14th. They should be legibly written on half sheets of foolscap paper, and on one side only. |