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born or naturalized in the United Kingdom.* He must, if called upon to do so, satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners that he is duly qualified in respect of age and character. He must be of sound constitution, possessed of good sight and physically qualified for service in a tropical climate. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a strict medical examination by the Medical Board appointed to examine the successful candidates for Indian Police appointments, to test these points. A fee of two guineas will be charged in respect of this examination.
4. The successful Candidates will be allotted, as and when opportunity offers, to one of the Colonies or to the States upon a consideration of all the circum- stances, including their own wishes; but the requirements of the Public Service will rank before every other consideration, and the Secretary of State will retain full discretion to allot as he thinks fit.
5. The selected Candidates will be expected to leave England about a month after the results of the examination are announced. A free passage to the Colony or State will be provided for the Probationer, subject to an undertaking to refund the cost of his passage in the event of his relinquishing the appoint- ment within three years for any other reason than mental or physical infirmity.
6. Each Probationer will receive salary at the rate of £225 per annum, half salary to commence from the day of leaving England, and full salary from the date of his arrival in the Colony or State to which he may be sent,
7. Every Probationer on arrival in the Colony or State to which he may be sent will be subject to any regulations as to Probationers (not inconsistent with this paper) which may from time to time be made by the Local Government, including regulations as to examinations in native languages, &c. A Pro- bationer who has passed such examinations will be paid at the rate of £300 per annum until he obtains a substantive appointment. Should a Probationer remain three years, after passing his examinations, without obtaining a sub- stantive appointment, his salary will be increased to £350.
8. Any Probationer who may fail to pass the prescribed examinations within four years, or be found unfit for Police duties, will be liable to removal from the service. Any Probationer so removed from the service will be granted a free passage to England, provided that he utilizes such passage within three months from the date of his removal.
9. Subject to the necessities of the service, leave of absence on half salary may be granted after a period of six years' resident service without any special grounds. It may be given before the expiration of that period in cases of serious indisposition, or of urgent private affairs. In the absence of special grounds, the leave in such case must not exceed one-sixth of the officer's resident service; on special grounds it may exceed that period by six months. In addition to the above, vacation leave on full pay may be granted, if no inconvenience or expense is caused thereby, not exceeding three months in any
two years.
10. The present rule as to superannuation is that in the case of ill health an officer may be allowed to retire on a pension after ten full years' resident service; otherwise he must have attained the age of 55. For ten full years'
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In the case of persons who enter both for the Indian and for the Colonial Services the decision of the Secretary of State for India in Council as to whether a candidate satis- fies this condition will be final. No candidate who has been rejected as not qualified in his respect for the Indian Service will be accepted as a candidate for the Colonial Forces. In the case of persons competing only for admission to the Colonial Forces the decision of the Secretary of State for the Colonies will be final.
resident service fifteen-sixtieths of the average annual salary of the retiring officer's fixed appointments for the three years prior to retirement may be awarded, to which one-sixtieth may be added for each additional year's service; but no addition will be made in respect of any service beyond 35 years. For pension purposes absence on vacation, leave counts as full service, and leave on half pay as half service.
11. A deduction of four per cent. will be made from the salaries of all Probationers as a contribution to one or other of the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Funds of the two Colonies or of the Federated Malay States, from the date at which they qualify by passing the above-mentioned examinations.
12. The currency of Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, and the Federated Malay States is a silver dollar currency, and for purposes of local payment the sterling salaries referred to in paragraphs 6, 7 and 13 of this print will be converted into dollars at a rate to be fixed by the Government, and based upon the average exchange value of the dollar during the month ending on the fifteenth of the month for which salary is to be paid.
13. The Police Service of these Colonies and States has been classified as follows, but no guarantee is given that the numbers and conditions of the appointments or the salaries attached to them will remain unaltered. Moreover, some of the posts included in these classes will not be exclusively confined to officers originally appointed as Probationers.
Hong Kong
6 St
Initial
Colony, &c.
Class.
Number of posts.
salary.
Rising by triennial increments
Maximum.
of
£
TAI
Assistant Super- Two
intendents.
360
60
540
Deputy Superin- One
600
60
720
tendent.
Captain Superin- One
800
100
1,000
tendent.
Assistant Superin-
Settlements.
tendents (Grade
II).
Assistant Superin-
-Eight
Straits
Federated Malay
States.
tendents (Grade I).
Superintendents.. Three ...
Inspector-General One
:
:
360
60
480
540
60
660
720
60
840
900
50
1,000
Assistant Commis- sioners (Grade II).
360
60
480
Seven
Assistant Commis-
540
60
660
sioners (Grade
I).
Deputy Commis- Two
720
60
840
sioners.
Commissioner
One
900
50
1,000
Free quarters will be provided for all the above-mentioned officers, and also for Probationers, but the value of these quarters will not count for pension
purposes.
COLONIAL OFFICE,
November, 1904.
NOTE.—Further information can be obtained on personal application at the Eastern Department of the Colonial Office.
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