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TIN KIM DEALDERG TOW.
No. 214.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Circular is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th September, 1880.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 1st September, 1880.
The attention of Heads of Departments and of all other Officers in the service is directed to the subjoined Minute by His Excellency the Governor respecting first appointments :-
MINUTE BY THE GOVERNOR.
As a general rule, all appointments at my disposal in the Civil Service of this Colony will be given by a system of Competitive Examinations, similar to that which is established for the Civil Service of the United Kingdom by Her Majesty's Order in Council of the 4th of June, 1870.
Any young man in the Colony can compete for such appointments.
Each Candidate must satisfy the Board of Examiners that I may from time to time nominate :--- 1st. That he is within the limits of age prescribed for the situation or employment to which
he desires to be admitted;
2nd. That he is free from any physical defect or disease which would be likely to interfere
with the proper discharge of his duties ;
3rd. That his character is such as to qualify him for such situation or employment; and 4th. That he possesses the requisite knowledge and ability to enter on the discharge of his
official duties.
J. POPE HENNESSY. 28th May, 1877.
With respect to Mr. J. P. DA COSTA, who has just obtained a temporary Clerkship in this Office. after being certified by the Board of Examiners as duly qualified for the post. though without being subjected to a competitive examination, the Governor wishes it to be distinctly understood throughout the service that this is a purely exceptional case, Mr. DA COSTA having been employed at his present work before His Excellency's arrival in the Colony.
The Governor has now been pleased to direct that his Minute of the 28th of May, 1877, shall in future be strictly adhered to, and that those young gentlemen who may have been admitted by Head of Departments into Offices in the Colony as learners, are to have no claim to any Government appoint- inents beyond what they may gain for themselves by examination, when vacancies occur.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary
No. 215.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Comparative Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for the Mouth of July, and for the First Seven Months in 1879 and 1880, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th September, 1880.
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FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretars