Hongkong
25th August 1875
Fress Lister, Nodehouse & Russell
A. G. Austin
Administrator.
Memorialize that the Secretary of State may be moved to allow them to count pension from date of appointment as Cadets of Ceylon and the Straits.
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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 selected after a competitive examination by the Civil Service Commissioners, from amongst Candidates nominated by the Secretary of State.
The Examinations for these Appointments are not held at fixed periods of time, but upon the occurrence of vacancies in the Civil Service of Hong Kong.
Applications for Nominations by the Secretary of State, proceeding from persons of whom he has no direct knowledge, should be accompanied by recommendations from persons known to him, or occupying positions of professional or other distinction.
2nd. Each Candidate must 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 $960 (about £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).
Enclosure No.3 in Administrator J. Sandford's Despatch No.210 of the 25th August 1875.
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