REGULATIONS for the OPEN COMPETITION of

JUNE 1880.

Regulations.

N.B.-The Regulations are liable to be altered in future years.

1. On June 15th, 1880, and following days, an Examination, open to all qualified persons, being natural-born subjects of Her Majesty, will be held in London. Not fewer than 27 Candidates will be selected, if so many shall be found duly qualified; viz., 18 for the Presidency of Bengal, [10 for the Upper and 8 for the Lower Provinces,] 4 for that of Madras, and 5 for that of Bombay. (a)

2. Any person desirous of competing at this Examination must produce to the Civil Service Commissioners, before the 1st of April, 1880, evidence showing:-

(i.) That he is a natural-born subject of Her Majesty.

(ii.) That his age will be above seventeen years on the 1st of June. 1880, and under nineteen years on the 1st January, 1880. (b.) [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.]

(iii.) That he has no disease, constitutional affection, or bodily infirmity unfitting him, or likely to unfit him, for the Civil Service of India. (c)

(iv.) That he is of good moral character. (c)

He must also pay such fee as the Secretary of State for India may prescribe. (d)

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

(a) Notice of the days and place of Examination will be sent to each Candidate about the end of May.

(b) At subsequent competitions Candidates will be required to be above 17 and under 19 on the 1st June of year in which the competition is held.

(c) Evidence of health and character must bear date not earlier than the 1st March,

1880.

(d) The Fee will be £5, payable by means of a special stamp according to instructions which will be communicated to Candidates.

the grant of the Certificate of Qualification herein-after 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 :

(e) English Composition

(f) History of England-including a period selected
by the Candidate

Marks.

300

300

(f) English Literature--including books selected by

- 1,000

(e)(g) Mathematics (pure and mixed)

Natural Science: that is, the Elements of any two
of the following Sciences, viz. :—

Logic

Chemistry, 500: Electricity and Maguetism,
300; Experimental Laws of Heat and
Light, 300: Mechanical Philosophy, with
outlines of Astronomy, 300.

Politica

Elements of Political Economy

(h) Sanskrit

(h) Arabic

Candidates are at liberty to name, before April 1st, 1880, any or all of these branches of knowledge. No subjects are obligatory. (i)

5. The merit of the persous 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." (e)

(e) Marks assigned in English Composition and Mathematics will be subject to no deduction.

(ƒ) A considerable portion of the marks for English History and Literature will be allotted to the work selected by the Canditate. In awarding marks for this, regard will be had partly to the extent and importance of the periods or books selected, but chiefly to the thoroughness with which they have been studied.

(g) The Examination will range from Arithmetic, Algebra, and Elementary Geometry, up to the elements of the differential and integral calculus, including the lower portions of applied Mathematics.

(h) 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.

(i) Applications for leave to altet or to add to the list of subjects named wil! not be entertained unless received on or before the 15th of May, 1880.

7. The Examination will be conducted on paper and vivá voce, 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 several Candidates who shall have obtained, after the deduction above mentioned, 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 on paper and vivá voce, 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 nationality, 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.

* 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.