THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH NOVEMBER, 1899.
ARTICLE III.
1801
The present Convention shall be ratified as soon as possible, and shall remain in force for five years, which will commence to run one month after the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place in the city of Guatemala. Nevertheless, if one year before the expiration of that term neither of the two Contracting Parties shall have announced to the other, by means of an official declaration, the intention of putting an end to the present Convention, it shall continue binding until the lapse of a year after such declaration shall have been made.
In witness whereof the Undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention, and affixed thereto their seals.
Done in duplicate in Guatemala, on the twentieth day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.
(L.S.)
G. JENNER.
(L.S.)
F. ANGUIANO.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.---No. 640.
By Command,
The following Despatch, with its enclosure, is published.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th November, 1899.
HONGKONG. No. 217.
SIR,
DOWNING STREET,
6th October, 1899.
With reference to my despatch No. 66 of the 20th April last, forwarding copies of a revised print respecting Cadetships in the service of Hongkong, the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States, I have the honour to transmit for your information the enclosed copies of a further revision of that print.
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2. The alterations that have been effected in this print are the omission of the word "indifferently in line 3 of paragraph 1, the substitution of "Cadet Service" for "Civil Service (including Cadets) in line 3 of paragraph 12, and the addition of a clause to paragraph 6 which provides for the Cadet being required to undergo a further examination in the prescribed languages.
3. The latter clause has been introduced at the request of the Governor of the Straits Settlements.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
Governor,
Sir HENRY A. BLAKE, G.C.M.G.,
&C.,
&C.
&c.
EASTERN No. 67.
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
HONGKONG, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, AND FEDERATED MALAY
STATES CADETSHIPS.
1. With the view of supplying the Civil Service of Hongkong, the Straits Settlements, and the Federated Malay States, Cadetships have been established, the holders of which are required to serve in any of the above mentioned Colonies or States, and to devote themselves for a certain time after their arrival in the East to learning one or more of the native languages, as the local Government may direct. Cadets appointed to this service will in the first instance be allotted to one or other of the Colonies or States in question, and will, as a rule, look for promotion only in that Colony or State, but it must be distinctly understood that they will be liable to be transferred at any time from one to another, at the discretion of the Secretary of State, without being given compensation for any special local privileges or allowances.