Calendar: 1876-1877 Page 640

640 CIVIL SERVICE OP INDIA respect of age health and character shaU be certified by the said Commis ft e"titled appointed to the Civil Penice of India provided they shall comply th the regulations in force at the time for that Service JL VVV1 fI desir0ns 10 Emitted as candidates are to be addressed to the Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners London from whom the proper form for the purpose may be obtained י 4tA August 1876 The Civil Service Commissioners are authorized by the Secretary of State for India in Council to make the following announcements Selected Candidates will be permitted to choose according to the order in which they stand in the list resulting from an open competition as long at choice remains the Presidency and in Bengal the Division of the Presidency to which they shall be appointed but this choice will be sub feet to different arrangement should the Secretary of State or the Government of India deem it necessary No Candidate will be permitted to proceed to India before he shall hare patsed the Final Examination and received certificate of quali- fication from the Civil Service Commissioners or after he shall have attained the age of twenty-four years 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 fmm th Final Examination It is the intention of the Secretary of State to allow the sum of £50 after each of the three first half years of probation and £150 after the last half year to each selected Candidate who shall have passed the required Examinations to the satisfaction of the Commissioners a7ul shall have compliexl with such rules as may be laid down for the gitidance of selected Candidates All selected Candidates will be rtquirrd after having passed the second periodirnl Elimination to attend at the India Office for the purpose of entering into an agreement binding themselves amongst other things to refund in certain cases the amount of their allowance in the event of their failing to proceed to India For Candidate under age surety wilt be required After passing the Final Examination each Candidate will be required ta attend again at the India Office with the view of entering into covenants The stamps payable on these documents amount to £1 Candidates rejected at the Firud Examination of 1879 will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-examination Thto choice must be exercised immediately after the rest lt of the open