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Hong Kong Cadetships.
WITH a view to supply the Civil Service in Hong Kong, Cadetships have been established, the holders of which are required to devote themselves for a certain time after their arrival in the Colony to learning Chinese.
1st. The Cadets are appointed after a competitive examination by the Civil Service Commissioners, from amongst Candidates nominated for this purpose by the Secretary of State.
2nd. Each Candidate shall be between the ages of 20 and 23.
3rd. The heads of examination are as follows:-
A. Obligatory.
1st. Exercises designed to test Handwriting and Orthography.
2nd. Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions.
3rd. Latin, and one of the following languages :- Greek, French, German, Italian.
4th. English Composition, including Précis Writing.
B. Optional.
5th. Pure and Mixed Mathematics.
6th. Ancient or Modern History, and Geography.
7th. The Elements of Constitutional and International Law, and Political Economy.
8th. Geology, Civil Engineering, and Surveying.
Every Candidate must show a competent knowledge of the first four Subjects, and may select any two of the Optional Subjects.
4th. Each Cadet will receive a salary of £200 per annum; half-salary to commence from the day of leaving England, and full salary from the date of his arrival in the Colony. The cost of his passage to the Colony will be paid, subject to the repayment hereafter mentioned (Secs. 8, 9).
5th. On the arrival of the Cadet in Hong Kong he will apply himself specially to learning Chinese.
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