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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 16, 1940.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 925.—A Competitive Examination for appointments of Probationer Clerks (Male) in Government Service will be held in King's College on Saturday, 31st August, 1940, at 9 a.m., when all candidates will be examined in English Dictation, and on Thursday, 5th September, 1940, when only those who have passed in Dictation will be examined in Arithmetic, Composition, General Knowledge, Translation from English to Chinese and from Chinese to English.
A list of the Index Numbers of Candidates who have passed the Dictation test will be posted at Noon on Tuesday, 3rd September, 1940, at King's College, the General Post Office (Hong Kong and Kowloon) and the Colonial Secretariat.
The Examination will be limited to persons in possession of a Hong Kong School Certificate or other certificate of a recognized examining body accepted by the Director of Education as equivalent. For this purpose certificates issued by Headmasters will not be accepted.
Intending candidates must forward to the Colonial Secretary's Office in envelopes clearly marked "J.C.S. Examination" on or before Monday, 26th August, 1940, a copy of their school certificate together with a certificate as to character and education from the Headmaster of their last school and one unmounted photograph on the back of which should be written the candidate's name, address and date of birth.
14th August, 1940.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
THE CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION ORDINANCE, 1900.
No. 926.-It is hereby notified, pursuant to section 16 (2) of the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance, 1900, that awards have been made in respect of the resumption of the undermentioned lots in Survey District I of the New Territories, as follows:-
Lot No. 1810 (including buildings thereon) and 1811...$8,462.75
Lots 1913 (portion comprising 4,792 square feet), 1915
and 2014
Lots 1929 R.P. and 1931 R.P.
$ 392.05
$ 47915.
and that the District Officer, South, a Government Officer, is hereby appointed to pay the compensation so awarded together with interest thereon as prescribed by the said Ordinance, at his office, and during the Government office hours between 11 o'clock in the forenoon and 4 o'clock in the afternoon of Friday, the 23rd August, 1940. If no claim be made for the compensation monies or any of them at the place and within the time appointed, the officer appointed as above will cause such of the said monies as may be unclaimed to be paid into the Treasury, and the provisions of section 16 (5) and (6) of the said Ordinance as to claims within five years, or transfer, thereafter, to the general revenue of the Colony, as the case may be, will apply to the said monies.
13th August, 1940.
H. J. PEARCE,
Director of Public Works.