7. th. S Salary question has been considered_ I annex ales prints which I have borrowed from the C.A of their forms of Agreement with the Stimits & Maghog
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HONG KONG, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, AND MALAY STATES CADETSHIPS.
1. With the view of supplying the Civil Service of Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, and the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, Cadetships have been established, the holders of which are required to serve indifferently in any of the above mentioned Colonies or States, and to devote themselves for a certain time after their arrival in the East to learning one Cadets or more of the native languages, as the local Government may direct. appointed to this service will in the first instance be allotted to one or other of the Colonies or States in question, and will, as a rule, look for promotion only in that Colony or State, but it must be distinctly understood that they will be liable to be transferred at any time from one to another, at the discretion of the Secretary of State, without being given compensation for any special local privileges or allowances.
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2. The Cadets, who must be uatural-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 examination for these appointments will, as a rule, be held in the month of August, in those years in which vacancies have occurred, simultaneously with the examination for the Civil Service of India. Candidates must be between the ages of 21 and 24 on the first day of
in which the examination is held. August in the year
3. The selected Candidates will be expected to leave England about a month after the results of the examination are announced.
4. Each Cadet will receive salary at the rate of $1,500 per annum, half salary to commence from the day of leaving England, and full salary from the A free date of his arrival in the Colony or State to which he may be sent. passage to the Colony or State will be provided for the Cadet, subject to an undertaking to refund the cost of his passage in the event of his relinquishing the appointment within three years for any other reason than mental or physical infirmity.
5. While studying the native languages he will be under the control and supervision of the Governor of the Colony or Resident in the State to which
he
may be sent, who will frame regulations for his hours of study and general government. Quarters, books, and teachers will be provided for him at the public expense, and he will be required to attend at the Public Offices a certain time cach day as may be directed by the Governor or Resident, in order to give him an opportunity of learning the details of public business, without interfering with his reading. He may also, if thought advisable, be sent for a certain time to China or to Madras in order to acquire more intimate knowledge of the Chinese or the Tamil language.
* A separate paper is issued by the Civil Service Commission, containing information in regard to the Examination. 1119-500-12/98 G 14 Wt 18762 D & S
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