THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH NOVEMBER, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 370.
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The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st October, 1883, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th November, 1883.
J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, for the Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,.
853,887
300,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,
1,227,701
410,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
1,044,634
350,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
2,070,097
700,000
TOTAL
5,196,319
1,760,000
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 371.
The following Regulations for an Examination for the Civil Service of India, which have been transmitted by Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, are published for general information. By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th November, 1883.
J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, for the Colonial Secretary.
EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.
REGULATIONS FOR THE OPEN COMPETITION OF JUNE, 1884. N.B.-The Regulations are liable to be altered in future years.
1. On the 3rd June, 1884, and following days, an Examination open to all qualified persons will be held in London (a). Not fewer than persons will be selected, if so many shall be found duly qualified; viz., for the Lower Provinces of Bengal (including Assam); for the Upper Provinces of Bengal (including the Punjab and Oudh); for Burma; for Madras, and Bombay (b).
2. No person will be deemed qualified who shall not satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners :---
(i.) That he is a natural-born subject of Her Majesty.
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(ii.) That his age will be above seventeen years and under nineteen years on the 1st January, 1884. N.B.-In the case of Natives of India this must be certified by the Government of India, or of the Presidency or Province in which the Candidate may have resided.] (iii.) That he has no disease, constitutional affection, or bodily infirmity unfitting him, or
likely to unfit him, for the Civil Service of India.
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(iv.) That he is of good moral character.
3. Should the evidence upon the above points be prima facie satisfactory to the Civil Service Commissioners, the Candidate on payment of the prescribed fee (c.), will be admitted to the Examina- tion. The Commissioners may, however, in their discretion, at any time prior to the grant of the Cer- tificate of Qualification hereinafter referred to, institute such further inquiries as they may deem neces- sary; and if the result of such inquiries, in the case of any Candidate, should be unsatisfactory to them in any of the above respects, he will be ineligible for admission to the Civil Service of India; and if already selected will be removed from the position of a Probationer.
An order for admission to the Examination will be sent to each Candidate on the 28th of May.
(b) The numbers will be announced hereafter.
(c) The fee (£5) will be payable by means of a special stamp according to instructions which will be communicated to Candidates,