434 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TMп OCTOBER, 1871.
EVIDENCE OF AGE TO BE REQUIRED FROM CANDIDATES FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.
I. Every Candidate born in England or Wales should produce a Certificate from the Registrar- General of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, or from one of his provincial Officers. This Certificate may be obtained at Somerset House, or from the Superintendent Registrar of the District in which the birth took place.
II. A Candidate who is a Native of India must have his age certified by the Government of India, or of the Presidency or Province in which he may have resided.
III. Every other Candidate not producing the Certificate inentioned in Clause 1, must prove his age by Statutory Declaration, and should also, if possible, produce a record of Birth or Baptism from some official Register; under which term may be included the Parochial Registers of Baptisms, the non-Parochial Registers of Baptisms and Births deposited at Somerset House under Acts of Par- liament, the Register kept at the India Office of persons born in India, &c., &c. This Regulation applies-
1. To all Candidates not born in England or Wales.
2. To Candidates, who, though born in England or Wales, cannot produce the Registrar-General's
Certificate.
The Civil Service Commissioners reserve to themselves the right of deciding in each case upon the sufficiency of the evidence produced, but they subjoin the following general rules for the guidance of Candidates:-
(a.) The Declaration should specify precisely the date and place of birth, and should, if possible, be made by the father or mother of the Candidate. If made by any other person, it should state the circumstances which enable the Declarant to speak to the fact. If an entry in a Bible or other family record be referred to, the Bible or other record must be produced at the time of making the Declaration, and must be mentioned in the Declaration as having been so produced.
(b.) If the Candidate was born in England or Wales, the Declaration must contain a statement, that after due inquiry no entry has been found in the books of the Registrar-General; or a separate Declaration must be made to that effect.
(c.) If no extract from any Registrar is produced, the Declaration must contain a statement, that after due inquiry to such Record is believed to exist; or a separate Declaration must be made to that effect.
(d.) Statutory Declarations must be exactly in the form prescribed by the Act of 5 and 6 William IV., c. 62. A printed Form, if required, will be supplied on application tơ► the Civil Service Commissioners.
N.B.--Clergymen, as such, are not qualified to take Declarations.
No. 139.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Circular Despatch, of the 12th August, 1871, from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th October, 1871.
Circular. Hongkong.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
DOWNING STREET, 12th August, 1871.
SIR, I transmit to you for your information and guidance, a copy of a letter which has bee received from the Board of Trade enclosing a copy of a Circular with Order in Council appende which has been issued to the British Consuls and to the Officers in the British l'ossessions abrus relative to the steps to be taken in cases of Cholera on board Ship.-I have the honor to be, Sir, In most obedient humble Servant,
The Officer Administering
KIMBERLEY.
the Government of
Hongkong.
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