Calendar: 1877-1878 Page 646

644 CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA respect of age health and character shall be certified by the said Commis- sioners 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 12 Applications from persons desirous to be admitted as candidates are to tie addressed to the Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners London from whom the proper form for the purpose may be obtained June 1877 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 the open competition as long as choice remains the Presidency and in Bengal the Division of the Presidency to which they sfudl be appointed but this choice will be sub- ject 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 have passed the Final Examination and received certificate of quali- fication from the Civil Service Commissioners or after he shall haveattained 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 from the 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 hedf yeart to each selected Candidate who shall have passed the required Examinations to the satisfaction of the Commissioners and shall have complied with such rules as may be laid down for the guidance of selected Candidates All selected Candidates will be required after having passed the second periodical Examination 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 will be required After passing the Final Examination each Candidate will be required to attend again at the India Office with the view of entering into covenants Thestamps jayablc on these documents amount to £1 Candidates rejected at the Final Examination of 1880 will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-examination This choice must be exercised immediately after the result of the open competition is announced on such day as may be fixed by the Civil Service Commissioners