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7. I would also suggest that when y vacancy occurs in the Colony under your Government in an appointment, for which officers of the Cadet Class are eligible, you will at the same time that you make a report to me as to the qualifications of the local candidates, also send the particulars of the vacant office to the
Hong Kong. Governor of the Straits Settlements,
together with a copy of the despatch which you may have addressed to me on the subject, in order that he may, if he sees fit, bring under my notice the qualifications of officers in that Colony, whose claims may deserve to be considered. Hein hire with undrestand bente
8. It would be well to bear in mind, as vacancies occur in what are ordinarily called the Civil Service appointments, the desirability of assimilating to one another the scales of salary prevailing in the Straits Settlements and Hong Kong; although, of course, due allowance should be made for differing conditions of living, and for the relative importance and onerousness of posts bearing similar or somewhat similar designations