HongKong N. 149.
25the Way, 1988.
Governor
Sir G. William Des Vœux
to
-Kemy
The Right Honourable
Lord Inutsford, G.C.Mg,
Hong Kong Cadetships.
Respecting the proposed amendments
of the
the Regulations
for-
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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 to learning the Chinese Language.
1. The Cadets, who must be natural-born British subjects, are selected by open competitive examination held by the Civil Service Commissioners, to whom all inquiries on the subject should be addressed.
The examinations for these appointments will, as a rule, be held in the month of August in those years in which vacancies have occurred in the Civil Service of Hong Kong, and will take place at the same time as those for Cadetships in Ceylon and the Straits Settlements; and the successful Candi- dates will be allowed, in their order, to choose amongst the vacancies in the three Colonies.
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2. Candidates must be between the ages of 21 and 24 on the first day of August in the year in which the Examination is held, and must satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners that they are duly qualified in respect of health and character. They must be of sound constitution, possessed of good sight, and physically qualified for service in tropical climates, and they will he called upon to undergo a medical examination to test these points.
3. No Candidate will be admitted to the competition who has not pre- viously passed to the satisfaction of the Civil Service Commissioners a Preliminary Examination in Handwriting, Orthography, and Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions).
4. The fees required from candidates are 1. for the preliminary and 51. for the competitive examination.
5. The heads of the competitive examination are as follows:-
A. Obligatory.
a. Latin.
b. One of the following languages :-Greek, French, German, Italian. The qualifying test for a and b will be translation from the language, but marks will be given for translation into it, and, in the case of the Modern languages, for colloquial proficiency.
c. English Composition, including Précis Writing.
B. Optional.
d. Pure Mathematics, viz. Euclid I.-IV., and VI.; Algebra, in- cluding the Binomial theorem; Trigonometry, including the solution of Triangles; Analytical Geometry (elementary); and mixed Mathematics, including Statics and Dynamics treated without the Differential Calculus,
*e. Modern Geography and Ancient and Modern history.
f. The Elements of Constitutional and International Law, and
Political Economy
g. Geology, Civil Engineering, and Surveying.
h. Any two languages included under head b which have not been
taken up as obligatory.
Every Candidate must show a competent knowledge of the obligatory
Subjects, and may select any two of the Optional Subjects.
and after 1889) Law of Endence.
* There will be a written Examination on Ancient and Modern History generally, and, in addition, au
Examination at which Candidates will have an opportunity of showing their acquaintance with special
periode of History, for which purpose they will be invited to name beforehand such periods as they haven
See separate Nolan
specially studied.
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