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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25ти AUGUST, 1894.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 313.
The following is published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd August, 1894.
ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS
Made by the Captain Superintendent of Police, under Section 19 of Ordinance 14 of 1887, and upproved by the Governor in Council,
on the 20th day of August, 1894.
Police who are selected for promotion will in future undergo an educational examination to ascertain whether they are qualified to discharge efficiently the duties which would devolve upon them.
The subjects of the test examinations will be as follows:-
1. Reading aloud,
2. Writing from copy,
3.
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Constables for Acting Sergeants.
dictation,
4. Arithmetic (to Simple Proportion),
5. Composition,
6. Geography,
7. Knowledge of Police Regulations,
8. Knowledge of Town and Beat Book,
9. Chinese,
10. Hindustani,
Marks.
...100
75
..100
75
..100
50
.100
..100
..200
...150
Note.-Holders of School Certificates will be exempted from examination in subjects 1-6 inclusive.
Acting Sergeants for Full Sergeants.
1-6. Same as for Constables to Acting Sergeants.
7. Knowledge of Police Regulations,
8. Knowledge of Town and Beat Book,
Marks.
...100
......100
9. Knowledge of London Police Code (except such portions as are
inapplicable to the Colony),
10. Knowledge of Drill,.
....
11. 'Chinese,
12. Hindustani,
....100
50
...200
...150
Holders of School Certificates will be exempted from examination in subjects 1-6 inclusive.
Sergeants for Inspectors.
Marks.
1. Dictation,
..150
2. Arithmetic: first four rules (simple and compound), reduction,
simple practice, and proportion,
..100
3. Geography of the Colony and neighbouring Province,
100
4. Composition,...
.150
5. Knowledge of Police Orders and Regulations and London Police
Code,
......350
6. Knowledge of General Order Book.
7. Ordinances of Hongkong especially those relating to Police matters, 400
8. Chinese,......
9. Hindustani,
.200 ...150
One half of the marks allotted to each subject (except Chinese and Hindustani) and two thirds of the aggregate number of marks (excluding those allotted to Chinese and Hindustani) in the several schemes of examination must be obtained by a candidate in order to qualify.
J. G. T. BUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
HONGKONG.