The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-09 00:00:00

VICE FOR THE EAS V INDIA COMPANY.

1. In Tilly, 18.55, an examination will take place, by examiners
appointe,l by the Board ofeommi,,sioners for the Affairs of India, of
candidates for appointme Ls to the Civil Service of the East India
Company. •

2. Any natural-born subject of her Majesty who shall be desirous
of entering 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, 1845, have transmitted to the Board of Commit.s7otrrs :
(a) A certificate of his age being above 18 years aid under 22
years.

(b) A certificate, signed by a physician or surgeon, of his having
no disease, constitutional affection, or bodily Infirmity, unfitting him
for the Civil Aervice of the Company.
(c) A certificate of good moral character, signed by the bead 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 18,2, then such proofof good moral character as may be satis-
factory to the Board of Commissioners.

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(d) A statement of those of the branches of knowledge herein-
after enumerated in which he desires to be examined.

3. The examination wi l take place only in following branches
of knowledge :
Engdsh Language and Literature—
Composition
e English literature and history, including that of the laws
and constitution l,OOO

1,500
Language, literature, and history of Greece
PI 11 PP Rome 750
I 1 PP France
11/ ~ Pt Germany
Italy
f t f f ~
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
Arabia language and literature 375

- - - 6,00
4. Me-rneiTt-of the 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 the greatest number of marks that can 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 the opinion of the examiners,
possess a competent knowledge of that subject.
6. The examination will be 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 completed the examiners
shall add up the marks obtained by each candidate in respect of each
of the subjects in 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 cand dates ; and such twenty candidates shall be deemed
to be selected candidates 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 place by examiners appointed by the
Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India in the following
subjects :

Law, including the ordinary rates of taking evidence and
the mode of conducting civil and criminal trials ...... 1,000
The History of India
Political Economy ........... ...... .......... • • 400
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
ait 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 1856 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 cam:Slate 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 or
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 deemed by the examiners to have a competent
knowledge of Law, the History of India, Political Economy, and 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
so passed shall be placed in a list in the order of their merit in such
examination, estimated as above by the total number of 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 civil 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'saiue further examination,
their seniority 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, be allowed to
proceed to India unless he shall comply with the regulations In force
at the time for the civil service of the East Indiik Company, and
shall be of sound bodily health and good moral character.

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secy.