It is scarcely necessary for us to state that we have expressed our readiness to give effect to the new arrangements so far as it devolves upon us to do so. Anticipating, indeed, the introduction of some of the changes determined upon, we have modified in this direction the instructions issued to the candidates selected this year with regard to their probationary studies in law and the vernacular languages of India, and have fixed the dates of their special examinations so as to interfere as little as possible with residence at the principal Universities.

The examination for admission to the Indian Engineering Service, held in June 1875, was attended by 107 candidates, the number of vacancies being 50. At the corresponding examination, held in June 1874, 113 candidates competed for 50 appointments.

An examination of candidates for admission to the India Forest Service was held in November 1875, when 10 candidates competed for two appointments. At the similar examination in November 1874, seven candidates competed for two appointments.

MILITARY SERVICES.

The following statement shows the number of candidates for the military services whose cases were dealt with in the year 1875:

It may be well to state that commissions in the Royal Marines have not since August 1875 been filled by means of a separate competition. By arrangement between the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for War, they have been offered to certain of the qualified competitors for First Appointments in the Army.

At the beginning of this year a fresh arrangement was made, with the consent of the Lords of Your Majesty's Treasury, of the duties devolving on the chief officers of our staff; the object being to make the constitution of the Department correspond more exactly with the character of its business. Under this arrangement the general superintendence of all our examinations

and of the correspondence arising directly out of them, is assigned to a "Director of Examinations," while the remainder of the correspondence, together with the general administration of the office, including the duties hitherto discharged by the Registrar, is placed under the charge of a "Secretary and Registrar. The latter post is filled by Mr. Mann, who before held the office of Registrar; the former by Mr. Headlam, who had for many years been Senior Assistant Examiner. Mr. Poste having succeeded to the place thus vacated, the office of Junior Assistant Examiner has been filled by the appointment of Mr. George Grey Butler, Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge.

The subjoined list contains the names of the gentlemen who during the year 1875, rendered assistance in the various examinations under the superintendence of Mr. Headlam and Mr. Poste.

OCCASIONAL EXAMINERS.

English Language, Literature, and History.-T. Arnold; Professor Bain; H. Craik; Rev. M. Creighton; C. Elton; J. G. Fitch; Rev. J. R. Green; R. Laing; Rev. T. H. L. Leary, D.C.L.; J. Marshall; J. M. D. Meiklejohn; C. Knight Watson; Sir G. Young, Bart.

Greek and Latin Languages.-T. Arnold; Rev. E. W. Benson, D.D.; Rev. G. G. Bradley, LL.D.; Rev. Professor Kennedy; Rev. T. H. L. Leary, D.C.L.; Very Rev. Dean Merivale; C. Neate; R. Ornsby; Rev. T. L. Papillon; Rev. Dr. Pears; J. Roberts; Professor J. E. Thorold Rogers; L. Schmitz; H. Trevor.

French.-Rev. F. Bouverie; M. A. de Charente; M. Alfred Hamonet; M. Henri Van Laun; M. Gustave Masson; Baron A. de la Taille des Essarts.

German.-Dr. A. Hamann; Rev. Dr. Schöll; Rev. Dr. Walbaum.

Italian.-Signor Pistrucci.
Spanish.-Señor V. Carrias.
Russian.-M. Riola.

Hindustani.-Fitz-Edward Hall, D.C.L.

Sanskrit.-Professor Cowell.

Arabic.-Colonel J. W. J. Ouseley.

Mathematics.-W. H. Besant; Rev. F. Harrison; Rev. A. W. Headlam; Rev. Canon Heaviside; S. Lobb; Professor R. Kalley Miller; Professor H. J. S. Smith, F.R.S.; Rev. R. Townsend, F.R.S.; Rev. H. Watson.

Natural Sciences, viz.: Chemistry; Electricity and Magnetism; Heat; Geology and Mineralogy; Zoology; Botany; Animal and Vegetable Physiology.-Professor W. G. Adams; Dr. E. Atkinson; W. B. Carpenter, C.B., M.D., F.R.S.; Professor T. McK. Hughes; Professor Liveing; W. Ogle, M.D.; W.J. Sollas s; Thomas Thomson, M.D., F.R.S.; Professor Williamson, Ph.D., F.R.S.

Mining.-Warington W. Smyth, F.R.S.
Crystallography.-Rev. H. P. Gurney!

Map and Chart Projection and other Practical Professional Papers for Admiralty Candidates.-J. Bannister; N. Barnaby; Staff-Commander Hull, R.N.

Astronomical Computation.-W. Godward.

Civil Engineering, Land Surveying, Practical Geometry, and Geometrical Drawing.-Colonel Hutchinson, R.E.; Captain Luard, R.E.; Major Seddon, R.E.; W. Castle Turner; Major Tyler, R.E.

Freehand Drawing.-E. Goodall; Rev. W. Kingsley.

Moral Science, Logic, Political Economy.-Professor J. E. Thorold Rogers; Rev. J. Venn; Rev. J. M. Wilson, B.D.

Law.-J. T. Abdy, LL.D.; C. Elton; G. Farwell; T. C. Sandars; J. S. Winder.

Book-keeping.-W. G. Goodliffe.

Furniture.-J. H. Donaldson; R. Strahan.

EXAMINERS employed at the PERIODICAL and FINAL EXAMINATIONS of the CANDIDATES selected for the CIVIL SERVICE of INDIA.

Jurisprudence.-T. C. Sandars.

Law of Evidence.-J. S. Winder.

Law of India.-Sir H. S. Maine, K.C.S.I.

Political Economy.-T. E. Cliffe Leslie; J. E. Thorold Rogers.

History and Geography of India.-C. Erskine.

Arabic-Colonel J. W. J. Ouseley.

Bengali.-Rev. J. Mullens, D.D.; W. S. Seton Karr.

Canarese.-Rev. D. Sanderson.

Gujarati.-Rev. J. Glasgow, D.D.

Hindi.-Fitz-Edward Hall, D.C.L.

Hindustani.-Fitz-Edward Hall, D.C.L.; Professor E. H.

Palmer.

Malayalum.-Rev. J. G. Beuttler.
Marathi.-Rev. J. Glasgow, D.D.

Persian.-Colonel J. W. J. Ouseley.

Sanskrit.-Professor E. B. Cowell.

Tamil.-E. W. Bird; Rev. S. Hobbs.
Telugu.-J. Goldingham.

All which we humbly submit to Your Majesty's most gracious consideration,

Witness our hands this tenth day of August One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

HAMPTON.

G. W. DASENT.
T. WALROND.

ORDER IN
COUNCIL.

ORDERS IN COUNCIL OF 21ST MAY 1855, 26TH APRIL 1862, 5TH FEBRUARY 1870, 4TH JUNE 1870, 19TH AUGUST 1871, 9TH AUGUST 1872, 10TH DECEMBER 1875, AND 12TH FEBRUARY 1876.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of May 1855.

PRESENT:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for testing, accord21 May 1855. ing to fixed rules, the qualifications of the young men who may from time to time be proposed to be appointed to the junior situations in any of Her Majesty's Civil Establishments.

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of Her Privy Council, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that the Right Honourable Sir Edward Ryan, Assistant Comptroller General of the Exchequer, John George Shaw Lefevre, Esquire, Companion of the Bath, Clerk Assistant to the House. of Lords, and Edward Romilly, Esquire, Chairman of the Board of Audit, or such other persons as Her Majesty may from time to time approve in the stead of them or any of them, shall be Commissioners for conducting the examination of the young men so proposed to be appointed to any of the junior situations in the civil establishments as aforesaid, and shall hold their offices during the pleasure of Her Majesty, and shall have power, subject to the approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, to appoint from time to time such assistant examiners and others as may be required to assist them in the performance of the duties herein-after assigned to them.

And it is hereby ordered, that the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury do prepare and submit to Parliament an estimate for the remuneration of a secretary to the said Commissioners, and of such examiners and others as may be required to assist in the performance of their duties.

And it is hereby ordered, that all such young men as may be proposed to be appointed to any junior situation in any department of the Civil Service shall, before they are admitted to probation, be examined by or under the directions of the said Commissioners, and shall receive from them a certificate of qualification for such situation.

And it shall be the duty of the Commissioners in respect of every such candidate, before granting any such certificate as aforesaid, 1st. To ascertain that the candidate is within the limits of age prescribed in the department to which he desires to be admitted;

2d. To ascertain that the candidate is free from any physical defect or disease which would be likely to interfere with the proper discharge of his duties;

3d. To ascertain that the character of the candidate is such as to qualify him for public employment; and,