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before every other consideration, and the Secretary of State will retain full discre- tion to allot as he thinks fit.
5. The selected Candidates will be expected to leave England about a month after the results of the examination are announced. A free passage to the Colony or State will be provided for the Probationer, subject to an undertaking to refund the cost of his passage in the event of bis relinquishing the appointment within three years for any other reason than mental or physical infirmity.
6. Each Probationer will receive salary at the rate of £225 per amımın, half salary to commence from the day of leaving England, and full salary from the date of his arrival in the Colony or State to which he may be sent.
7. Every Probationer on arrival in the Colony or State to which he may be sent will be subject to any regulations as to Probatiouers (not inconsistent with this paper) which may from time to time be made by the Local Government, in- cluding regulations as to examinations, in native languages, &c. A Probationer who has passed such examinations will be paid at the rate of £300 per annum until he obtains a substantive appointment. Should a Probationer remain three years, after passing his examinations, without obtaining a substantive appointment, his salary will be increased to £350.
8. Any Probationer who may fail to pass the prescribed examinations within four years, or be found unfit for Police duties, will be liable to removal from the service. Any Probationer so removed from the service will be granted a free passage to England, provided that he utilizes such passage within three months from the date of his removal.
9. Subject to the necessities of the service, leave of absence on half salary may be granted after a period of six years' resident service without any special grounds. It may be given before the expiration of that period in cases of serious indisposi- tion, or of urgent private affairs. In the absence of special grounds, the leave in such case must not exceed one-sixth of the officer's resident service; on special grounds it may exceed that period by six months. In addition to the above. vacation leave on full pay may be granted, if no inconvenience or expense is caused thereby, not exceeding three months in any two years.
10. The present rule as to superannuation is that in the case of ill health an officer may be allowed to retire on a pension after ten full years' resident service : otherwise he must have attained the age of 55. For ten full years' resident service fifteen-sixtieths of the average annual salary of the retiring officer's fixed appoint- ments for the three years prior to retirement may be awarded, to which one-sixtieth may be added for each additional year's service; but no addition will be made in respect of any service beyond 35 years. For pension purposes absence on vacation leave counts as full service, and leave on half pay as half service.
11. A deduction of 4 per cent. will be made from the salaries of all Probu- tioners as a contribution to one or other of the Widows' or Orphans' Pension Funds of the two Colonies or of the Federated Malay States, from the date at which they qualify by passing the above-mentioned examinations.
12. The currency of Hongkong, the Straits Settlements, and the Federated Malay States is a silver dollar currency, and for purposes of local payment the sterling salaries referred to in paragraphs 6, 7 and 13 of this print will be converted into dollars at a rate to be fixed by the Government, and based upon the average exchange value of the dollar during the month ending on the fifteenth of the montli for which salary is to be paid.