436 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29т¤ SEPTEMBER, 1877.
No. 206.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Regulations for an Examination of Candidates for the Civil Service of India to be held in London in the Month of April, 1878, are published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th September, 1877.
EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.
REGULATIONS FOR THE OPEN COMPETITION OF EASTER, 1878. N.B.-The Regulations are applicable to this Examination only.
1. On April 9th, 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 the Presidency of Bengal, [ Upper Provinces and
for the Lower Provinces,] for that of Madras, and
of Bombay.*-Notice will hereafter be given of the days and place of examination.
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2. Any person desirous of competing at this Examination, must produce to the Civil Service Commissioners, before the 1st of February, 1878, evidence showing :-
(a) That he is a natural-born subject of Her Majesty.
(b) That his age, on the 1st March, 1878, will be above seventeen years and under twenty-one.
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 prima 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.
4. The Examination will take place only in the following branches of knowledge
Marks.
English Composition
History of England-including that of the Laws and Constitution... English Language and Literature
500
500
500
Language, Literature, and History of Greece
750
Rome
750
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France Germany Italy
375
375
375
Mathematics (pure and mixed)
1,250
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Natural Science: that is (1) Chemistry, including Heat; (2) Electricity and
Magnetism; (3) Geology and Mineralogy; (4) Zoology; (5) Botany 1,000 ** The total (1,000) marks may be obtained by adequate proficiency in any
two or more of the five branches of science included under this head. Moral Sciences: that is, Logic, Mental and Moral Philosophy Sanskrit Language and Literature..
500
500
Arabic Language and Literature
500
Candidates are at liberty to name, before February 1, 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. §
The number of appointments to be made, and the number in each Presidency, &c., will be announced hereafter. It will probably be about half the usual number.
+ Evidence of health and character must bear date not earlier than the 1st January, 1878.
The Fee for this Examination will be £5, payable by means of a special stamp according to instructions which will be communicated to candidates. "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 ́condidate ought to be allowed no credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smaiterer.”—Report of Committee of 1854. deduction of marks will be made under each subject, including Mathematics.
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