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London, England, 1855-01-09 00:00:00

VICE FOIL TILE EASC INDIA COMPANY.

I. In July, 1855. an examination will take place, by examiners
appointed by the Foard of Commisioners for the Affairs of India, of
candidates for appointme to :o the Civil Service of the East India
Company,
2. Any natural-born subject of her Majesty who shall be desirous
of catering the Civil Service of the Company will be entitled to be
examined at such examination, provided he shall, on or before the
Ist of May, 1355, have transmitted to the Board of Commissioners :

(a) A certificate of its age being above 18 years and under 22
years. _ . .

(b) A certificate, signed by a physician or surgeon, of his having
no dis,fase, ewnstitutioual affection, or bodily Infirmity, unfitting him
for the C.vil F.,rvice of the Company.
(c) A certificate of good moral character, signed by the head of
the school or college at which he has last received his education ; or
if he has not received education at any school or college since the
year 1552, then suck proof of good moral character as may be satis-
factory to the Board or Commissioners.

(d) A statement of those of the branches of knowled,ge herein-
after enumerated in which he dQsires to be examined. _ _

3. The examination will take place only in the following branches
of knowledge

English Language and Literature—
Cornposit ion
English literature and history, includiug that of the laws
and constitution

1,000

1,500
Language, literature, and history of Greece
~ „ „ Roine 7ao
France
ff . I Germany
~ Italy
Mathematics, pure and mixed
Natural science—that is, chemistry, electricity and magne-

tism, natural history-, geology, and mineralogy 5OO
Moral sciences —that is, logic, mental, moral, and political

. - .
philosophy 5OO
Sanscrit language and literature
Arabic language and literature 375

6,87 i

4. The merit of tht persons examined will be estimated by marks,
according to the ordinary system in use at several of the Universi-
ties, and the numbers set opposite to each branch in the preceding
paragraph denote tagreatest mutate; Of marks that eau be obtained
in respect to it.
5. No candidate will be allowed any marks in respect of any sub-
ject of examination unless.,,he shall, in me opinion of the examiners,
possess a competeltrluiowledge of that subject.
6. The examination will bo conducted by means of printed ques-
tions and written answers, and by viva voce examination, as the ex-
aminers may deem necessary.
7. After the examination shall have been completecPthe examiners
shall add up the marks obtained by each candidate in respect of each
of the subjects is which he shall have been examined, and shall set
forth, in order of merit, the names of the twenty candidates who shall
have obtained a greater aggregate number of marks than any of the
remaining candidates; and such twenty candidates shall be deemed
to be selected candidate 3 for the civil service of the East India Com-
pany. Their choice of the Presidency in India to which they shall
be appointed shall be determined by the order in which they stand
on such list.

8. In August, 1855, and August, 1857, further examinations of the
selected candidates will take Olen by examiners appointed by the
Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India in the following
subjects:— _ _

Law, including the ordinary rules of taking evidence and
the mode of conducting civil and criminal trials ...• .. 1,000
The History of India ..
Political Economy
Any language of India in which the selected candidate
shall have given notice of his desire to be examined .. 200
and such further examinations will be conducted in the same manner
as that above described. (The numbers set opposite to each subject
denote the greatest number of marks which can be obtained in
respect of such subjects.)
9. Each selected candidate, desirous of being examined at either of
the further examinations of 185 G and 1857, shall, two months pre-
viously to such examination, transmit to the Board of Commissioners
for the Affairs of India a statement mentioning the language or lan-
guages of India in which he is desirous of being examined.
.

10. Any selected candidate who, having been examined at the fur-
ther examination of 1856, shall not have passed, may, nevertheless,
be again examined at the further examination of 1857.
11. Any selected candidate who shall not have passed at one er
the other of the further examinations of 1856 and 1857, shall be
struck off the list of selected candidates. _ _ _

12. The selected candidates who, at either of such further exami-
nations, shall be de,med_ by the examiners to have a competent
knowledge of Law, the History of India, Political Economy, anl at
least one Language of India, shall be adjudged to have passed, and
to be entitled to be appointed to the civil service of the East India
Company ; and the names of the selected candidates who shall have
SD passed shall be placed in a list in the order of their merit in such
examination, estimated as above by the total number •f marks
which they shall have obtained in respect of all the subjects in which
they shall have been examined at such examination.

13. The seniority In the Qivil service of the East India Company
of the selected candidates shall be determined by the date of the fur-
ther examination at which they shall be adjudged to have passed;
and, as between those who passed at the"saine further c.xamination,
their seniorty in such civil service shall be determined according to
the order in which they stand on the list resulting from such exami-
nation.

14. No person will, even after such examination, he allowed to
proceed to India unless he shall comply with the regulations in force
at the time for the civil service of the East India Company, and
shall be of sound bodily health and good moral character.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secy.