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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MARCH, 1865.
4. The Examination will take place only in the following branches of knowledge:
English Language and Literature.—
Composition
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Marks.
500
English Literature and History, including that of the Laws and Constitution...... 1,000-
Language, Literature, and History of Greece
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11
13
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Rome..
France
Germany
Italy
Mathematics, Pure and Mixed
Natural Science; that is, (1.) Chemistry, (2.) Electricity and Magnetismu, (3.) Natural
History, (4.) Geology, and (5.) Mineralogy ..
No candidate will be allowed to be examined in more than three of the branches of knowledge included under this head, and the total (500 marks) may be obtained by adequate proficiency in any three.
Moral Sciences; that is, Logic, Mental and Moral Philosophy
Sanskrit Language and Literature
Arabic Language and Literature.............
1,500
750
750
375
375
375
1,250
500
500
375
375
7,125
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. They shall be permitted to choose, according to the order in which they stand, as long as a choice remains, the Presidency (and in Bengal, the division of the Presidency) to which they shall be appointed.
9. Selected candidates before proceeding to India will be on probation for two years, during which time they will be examined periodically with the view of testing their progress in the following subjects :-
1. Oriental Languages :
Sanskrit
Vernacular Languages of India (each)
2. The History and Geography of India 3. Law
4. Political Economy
Marks.
500
400
350
1,250
350
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 viva voce Examination, as may be deemed necessary. The marks obtained at each of such periodical Examinations will be added to those previously or subsequently obtained. 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.
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10. No candidate will be permitted to proceed to India until 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 twenty-four years and six months. §
11. The selected candidates who at the Final Examination shall be found to have a competent knowledge of the subjects specified in Regulation 9. shall be adjudged to have passed, and to be entitled to be appointed to the Civil Service of India.
12. 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.
13. No person will, even after passing the Final Examination, be allowed to proceed to India unless he shall comply with the regulations in force, at the time, for the Civil Service of India, and shall be of sound bodily health and good mora character. The Civil Service Commissioners will require such further evidence on these points as they may deem necessary before granting their Certificate of Qualification.
* It should be understood that candidates are at liberty to name at their pleasure any or all of these branches of knowledge (subject only to the restriction above mentioned as to Natural Science), and that no subjects are obligatory.
+ "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 ♣ “ 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.
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 oper competition is declared.
In future years it is intended that the limit shall be 24.
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