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The bearings following were taken in 1855, by Commander Ross, R.N., from the site of the Light-house :— Western extremity of Harbinger Reef, N. 69° W.; distance, 4 miles.
Eastern extremity, N. 543° W.; distance, 4 miles.
Navarino Shoal, N. 343° E.; distance, 2 niles.
Southern extremity of New Year's Island, S. 39° W.; distance, 9 miles Northern ditto, S. 493° W.; distance, 7 miles.
The bearings are magnetic; variation 10° east.
C. M. MAXWELL, Chairman Marine Board.
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No. 114.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following Gentlemen to form a Committee for Superintending the Establishment of Public Gardens in the Colony:---
The Honorable CHARLES ST. GEORGE CLEVERLY, Esquire,
J. J. MACKENZIE, Esquire, WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, Esquire.
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W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th October, 1861.
No. 115.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Regulations under which His Grace The DUKE OF NEWCASTLE has decided that the appointments to Cadetships in the Hongkong Civil Service shal! be made, are published for the informa- tion of this Community...
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th October, 1861.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
HONGKONG CADETSHIPS.
With a view to supply the Civil Service in Hongkong with an efficient Staff of Interpreters it is intended that a certain amber of Cadetships shall be established, the holders of which are to devote themselves for a certain time after their arrival in the Colony to learning the language.
1st. Three Gentlemen will be appointed at once to Cadetships, after a competitive examination by the Civil Service Com- missioners, from amongst Candidates nominated for this purpose by the Secretary of State.
2nd. Each Candidate shall be between the ages of 30 and 23.
3rd. The heads of examination shall be as given below ;--a knowledge of Chinese is not necessary, but the subjects are selected with the object of giving an advantage to Candidates who may be presumed to prossess an aptitude for acquiring Lingunge.
Heads of Examination.
1st Exercises designed to test handwriting and orthography.
2nd. The 4 first rules of Arithmetic.
3rd. Latin and one other foreign language.
4th. English Composition including precis writing.
5th. Pure and mixed Mathematics.
6th. History and Geography,
7th. Constitutional and International Law.
8th. Natural Science.
9th. Any two of the following languages not having been taken up under No. 3,--French, Gerinan, Spanish, Italian. Candidates who cannot pass in the 1st two Subjects will be rejected, but those Subjects will not tell in competition. Every Candidate must undergo a competitive examination in the 3rd and 4th Subjects, and in any two others which he May select.
But any Candidate who takes up the 9th Subject may, if he chooses, be examined in five Subjects instead of four. 4th. Each Cadet will receive a Salary of £300 per annum to commence from the day of leaving England. The cost of passage to Hongkong will be paid---and Quarters, Teachers and Backs will be provided for him at the public expense while studying the language.
ath. For two year after the arrival of the Cadet in Hongkong he shall apply himself specially to learning Chinese, 6th. At the end of two years' study or as soon afterwards as they shall be declared qualified by a Board of competent. Ex- aminers, the three first Cadets shall be appointed Government Interpretors, and be employed in such of the Departments as my require their Services at Salaries of £400 per annum each, without other allowances.
7th. After two years' approved Sorvien as Interpreters the Salary will be increased to £500, und after three years' Service they will be considered eligible by the Secretary of State for promotion to the higher offices in the Civil Service of Hongkong. 8th. The Cadres while studying Chinese will be under the control and supervision of the Governor of the Colony, whe hall frame regulations for their hours of study and meral government.
9th. The progress of the Cadets shall be tested by balf yearly examinations, and every Cader shall be able at any time to to dismissed if his prepress or condact shall be considered by the Governer and Executive Council to be so unsatisfetory as