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3. Mathematical Physics. Mechanics, Hydrostatics, and Optics, as 

 in Junior Sophister year. 



4. Experimental Science. The Experimental Physics of the Junior 

 Sophister year; Reynolds' Experimental Chemistry, Parts i. and ii. 



5. Natural Science. Geology Huxley, Physiography. Zoology 

 Macalister, Vertebrates, London Science Class Book Series : Fishes. 

 Botany Thome", Text Book of Botany : Algse and Fungi. 



6. Classics or Languages. Greek Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, 

 Book ii. Latin Cicero de Officiis, Book i. French V. Hugo, Les 

 Crdpuscules. German Schiller, W. Tell. 



7. English Composition. Milton, Comus, and Paradise Lost, Books 

 i. and ii. 



Hilary Lectures and Trinity Examination. 



1. Astronomy. As hefore. 



2. Ethics and Logics. Stewart, as hefore; Locke, as before ; But- 

 ler's Analogy, Introduction, and Parti, (omitting chap, i.); Butler's 

 Dissertation on Virtue. 



3. Mathematical Physics. As before. 



4. Experimental Science. The Experimental Physics of the Junior 

 Sophister year, as before ; Reynolds' Experimental Chemistry, Parts 

 i., ii., and iii. 



5. Natural Science. Geology Haughton's Manual of Geology : the 

 chapters relating to Fossils. Zoology Macalister, Vertebrates, 

 London Science Class Book Series : Reptiles and Birds. Botauy 

 Thome", Text Book of Botany : Mosses and Ferns. 



6. Classics or Languages. Greek Plato, de Republica, Book i. Latin 

 Virgil, Georgics, i. , iv. French Montaigne, Essais, ii., chap. xii. 

 German Heine, Buch der Lieder. 



7. English Composition. Carlyle's Essays on Johnson, Burns, and 

 Scott. 



Trinity Lectures and Michaelmas (Degree) Examination. 



1. Astronomy. As before. 



2. Ethics. Stewart and Butler, as before; Butler's Sermons, Preface 

 and Sermons, i., ii., iii., viii., ix. 



3. Mathematical Physics. As before. 



4. Experimental Science. As before. 



5. Natural Science. Geology Huxley and Haughton, as before. 

 Zoology Macalister, Vertebrates, London Science Class Book Series : 

 Mammals. Botany Thome", Text Book of Botany : Flowering 

 Plants. 



6. Classics or Languages. Greek Demosthenes, de Corona (omitting 

 Documents cited). Latin Tacitus, Annals, Book xiv. French 

 Boileau, Satires. German, Schiller, Abfall der Niederlande. 



7. English Composition. Shakespeare, Julius Csesar and The 

 Tempest. 



The students in the different classes will be examined in the 

 above course both by pa.pers and viva voce ; and, in the trans- 

 lation of selected passages from the classical authors, separate 

 weight will be allowed for the style of the English Composition. 



CIVIL SERVICE PAPERS. II. 



GROUP I. (continued). 

 4. FOREIGN OFFICE, ST. JAMES'S PARK. (Nomination.) 



THIS office carries on all the administrative business of the 

 state in its relations with foreign countries ; pursues the policy 

 of the Foreign Secretary for the time being to its practical end 

 as the oversight of ambassadors, consuls, and all diplomatic 

 agents of Great Britain. Age of admission for clerks, 1-8 to 24 

 (as regards those who have not a home in London or in the 

 immediate vicinity, they must not be less than 20 years of age); 

 for attaches, 20 to 26 ; consuls, 25 to 50 ; foreign service 

 messengers, 25 to 35. Establishment as follows I- 

 Chief Clerk, 1,000 to 1,250 ; 5 Senior Clerks, 900 to 

 .1,000 ; 7 Assistant Clerks, .700 to .800 ; 20 First Class 

 Junior Clerks, ,200 to .600 ; 4 Second Class ditto, ,100 to 

 =200; Librarian and Keeper of the Papers, .700 to ,1,000; 

 Sub-Librarian, .550 to .650; 2 First Class Clerks in Librarian's 

 Department, ,400 to .500 ; 2 Second Class ditto, .250 to 

 ,360 ; 4 Third Class ditto, .100 to .240 ; Superintendent of 

 the Treaty Department, .700 to .1,000 ; Assistant in the 

 Treaty Department, .550 to .650 ; Clerk in ditto, .250 to 

 ,360 ; 5 Clerks in Chief Clerk's department : 2 at .400 to 

 .600 ; 1 at .400 to .500 ; 2 at .250 to .360 ; Translator, 

 250 ; Oriental Interpreter, .400 ; 10 Clerks, Lower Division, 

 80 to 200; Clerk in the Passport Office, .250; Private 

 Secretary to the Secretary of State, =300 ; Precis Writer, 

 300 ; Printer, ,150 ; Eeader in the Printing Establishment, 



40s. per week; Office-keeper (Eesident), 250; ditto, 150; 

 6 ditto, .100 and .125. 



Patronage in the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. 



I. CLERKS. 



Obligator;; Subjects. 



1. Orthography and Handwriting. 



2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 



3. English Composition. 



4. Precis Writing. 



5. French. 



6. Latin. 



7. General Intelligence. 



8. German. 



9. Geography. 



Optional Subjects.* 



10. History of Europe [Text-books, Michelet's " Precis de 1'His- 



toire Moderne," and Dyer's "Modern Europe," last edit. 

 1789 to 1871.] 



11. Constitutional History of England Hallam (chap. xiii. to 



end) ; May. 



12. Ancient Greek. 



13. Spanish. 

 If. Italian. 



II. CLEKKS IN CHIEF CLERK'S DEPARTMENT. 



1. Exercises designed to test Handwriting, Accuracy of Punctua- 



tion, and Orthography. 



2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions and the 



principles of Exchange). 



3. Geography (a general knowledge). 



4. Book-keeping by Double Entry (Elementary). 



5. French (Translation). 



III. ATTACHES. 



1. Orthography. 



2. Handwriting. 



3. Precis Writing. 



4. Latin (Grammar and Translation into English). 



5. Arithm'etic (the first four rules, and Decimals Colenso). 



6. Euclid (Book I.). 



7. Geography. 



8. French (Grammar, Translation, Conversation, and Dictation). 



9. German (Grammar, Translation, Conversation, and Dictation). 



10. Constitutional History of England [Text-books, Blackstone's 



"Commentaries"' (Kerr's Edition of 1862), and Hallam's 

 ''Constitutional History of England"]. 



11. A general knowledge of the Political History of Europe and 



of the United States of North America, from the Treaty of 

 Paris, in 1815, to the Treaty of Villafranca, in 1860, com- 

 prising an acquaintance with the most important inter- 

 national transactions during that period. 



12. Political Economy [Text-books, Adam Smith's " Wealth of 



Nations,'' and Mill.] 



13. General Intelligence, as evinced by the manner in which they 



acquit themselves vmder examination, and specifically by the 

 quickness they may show in seizing the points in papers read 

 by them or read over to them once or twice. 



IV. THIKD SECRETARY. 



Third secretaries who desire a certificate of having satis- 

 factorily passed an examination in public law will be required 

 to show a competent general knowledge of the ordinary rights 

 and obligations of sovereign states in time of peace, and of 

 belligerents and neutrals in war. 



They will also be expected to be able to give an account of 

 (1) The nature and authority of international law; (2) The 

 sources from which it is derived, the leading authorities (British 

 and Foreign) on the subject, and the manner of referring to 

 and applying those authorities ; (3) The political constitution 

 of the several States, and Unions of States, in Europe and 

 America, so far as the constitution of each may affect its inter- 

 national relations ; (4) The status, duties, and privileges of 

 public ministers, and diplomatic agents : (5) The general prin- 

 ciples of the law of nationality and of domicil.f 



* Only two Optional Subjects may be taken up a Language and a 



History. 



f The boofcs recommended are Wheaton's " Elements of International 

 Law ;" Heffter, "Das Europdische Vdlkerrecht der Gegenwart," either in 

 the Original German or in the, French translation of Jules Bergson, and 

 for (5) WestlaTce's "Treatise on Private International Law," Chapters I., 

 II., III., with the Naturalisation Acts, 33 Viet. c. 14, and 35 and 36 

 Fict. c. 39. 



