112
in the
year
1059
and which requins
that persons entering the fivil
Service of the Crown subsequently
to its exactment, should.
unless
has
directly appointed by the (rown, obtain a Certificate of fitness from the fivil terrie Commissioners.
necessary to revive the previously existing rystem under
rendered it
which the Student Interpreters appointed, and to establish
one based
on
were
a new
an examination
by the (irl horie Commissioners.
This
This
Office has had no be dissatisfied with the
reason to
месар
which attended the old systern
under which
many
valuable
Kervants have been introduced
into the Consular Service in China;
but when
a
new
system
was
to be adopted Lord John Russell
thought it deniable to
to apply
to
it the principle of competition
to the appointment of
as
applied Clerks in this Office.
number of
A considerable
vacance
ancies requiring to