be final for his future work.

Candidates for the Indian Forest Service have to pass a competitive
examination, one of the compulsory subjects being German or French.
They have also to pass a severe medical examination, especially in
their powers of vision and hearing. They must be between the ages of
18 and 22. Successful candidates are required to pass a three years'
course, with a final examination, seven terms of the course at an
approved school of forestry, the rest of the time receiving practical
instruction in continental European forests. On reaching India they
start as assistant conservators at 380 rupees a month. The highest
salary, that of inspector-general of forests, in the Indian Forest
Service is 2650 rupees a month.

The Indian Police Service is entered by a competitive examination of
very much the same kind as for the forest service, except that special
subjects such as German and botany are not included. The candidates
are limited in age to 19 and 21. They must pass a riding examination.
A free passage out is given them. They are allotted as probationers,
their wishes being consulted as far as possible as to their province.
A probationer receives 300 rupees a month. A district superintendent
can rise to 1200 rupees a month, while there are a few posts with a
salary of 3000 rupees a month in the police service. The leave and
pension in both these departments follow the general rules for Indian
services.

The civil service also includes student interpreterships for China,
Japan and Siam, and for the Ottoman dominions, Persia, Greece and
Morocco. Both these classes of student interpreters are selected by open
competition. Their object is to supply the consular service in the
above-named countries with persons having a thorough knowledge of the
language of the country in which they serve.

In the first case, China, Japan, &c., they learn their language in the
country itself, receiving L200 as probationers. Then they become
assistants in a consulate. The highest post is that of consul-general.
In the case of student interpreters for the Ottoman dominions, Persia,
Greece and Morocco, the successful candidates learn their languages at
Oxford. Turkish is taught gratuitously, but they pay the usual fees
for other languages. At Oxford they receive L200 a year for two years.
On leaving Oxford they become assistants under the embassy at
Constantinop