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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9тп JUNE, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 203.
The following Regulations made by the Governor in Council, respecting the filling up of appoint- ments at the disposal of the Governor, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th June, 1883.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council for the filling up of such appointments in the Civil Service of the Colony
as are at the disposal of the Governor.
1. As a general rule, Appointments to be made by the Governor will be decided by Competitive Examination.
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2. Candidates for a vacant post shall be nominated by the Governor; they must be above 17 and under 25 years of age, on the day of the Competitive Examination.
3. Candidates for a vacant post will send in their applications to the Colonial Secretary, along with
(a.) A certificate of age.
(b.) Whatever Certificates or Testimonials as to character they may possess.
4. No Candidate shall be allowed to compete unless he has previously satisfied the Board of Examiners as to his eligibility in respect of age, health and character.
5. The Board will appoint a day for the examination, and cause due notice thereof to be given to the Candidates in the Government Gazette or otherwise.
6. The essentials of the examination will in all cases be the following English subjects, namely:-
(a.) Reading, including print and manuscript,
(b.) Handwriting, including quality and rapidity,
...200 marks.
....200
(c.) Writing from dictation and copying from manuscript,
...400
(d.) Composition,
.400
(e.) Arithmetic, including the simple and compound rules; proportion; vulgar
and decimal fractions,
..300
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7. In addition to these, the Board, when notifying the examination will give a list of such ulditional subjects as may be considered necessary for the post to be filled up.
8. Of these special subjects, Chinese (colloquial and written) will as a rule be one.
9. The Board will decide the result of the examination by a uniform system of marks; and will return the names of the candidates to the Colonial Secretary, in the order of merit, assigning to each candidate the number of marks he has gained.
10. No Competitor shall be eligible for employment unless he has gained at least one-third of the total number of marks.
11. The result of the examination will be published in the Gazette.
12. As a rule the candidate who has gained the highest number of marks will receive the appointment subject to probation for a period of six months.
13. Probationers giving satisfaction shall be further permanently employed as the Government. bay determine.
14. In case of misconduct or incapacity a probationer may at any time be dismissed from further employment by the Governor.
ARATHOON SETH,
Clerk of Councils.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 6th June, 1883.