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shall have shown special fitness " for the duties of the post requiring "to be filled?" "The whole Rule was adopted from the Mauritues Rules which state : " As a general Rule, appointments to vacant clerkships "shall be made according to the order of the names on the lists;
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" but the Governor may
may select for appointment any successful. competitor who, in his examination
" shall have shown special fitness for the duties of the post requiring to be filled". (See Mauritius Almance
1882
* It is presumed that the Mauriting Rules have been! approved by the Secretary of state.
see
yes
for
6833/81
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the
1882 - page 182). The omission of "last clause of Regulation 12 gives
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the
explanation required by the Secretary
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3.
of State of the words " As a Rule"?"
I
may at
that I am personally
at once observe
averse to
to any
limitation of the free play of
competitive examinations for. entrance to the Public Service, for which I have been a warm and consistent advocate throughout
period,
my public life, at a moreover, when that system, though
supported by the Statesmen of all_
parties