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EASTERN
No. 76.
HONG KONG, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES
CADETSHIPS.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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TEICO. 882
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Notice to Candidates.
The Secretary of State for the Colonies has decided that all cadets who are appointed in future to the Civil Service of Hong Kong, the Straits Settle- ments, and the Federated Malay States shall receive salary at the rate of £225 a year, with free quarters.
As soon as cadets have passed the examination in language, law, &c., their salary will be raised to £300. Should any passed cadet remain without a permanent appointment as long as three years after passing his examination, he will receive a further increase of salary to £350 a year.
The salaries of all appointments usually held by Europeans in the Civil Service of these Colonies and States are undergoing revision, with a view to their being placed on a sterling basis; and it is intended that the salaries of all appointments to which the cadets who are selected this year may be promoted in the course of their official careers shall be fixed in sterling. No details of the actual salaries to be attached to these posts can as yet be given. The local currency of these Colonies and States being a silver dollar currency, these sterling rates will require to be converted into dollars for purposes of local payments. This conversion will for convenience be made at an annual rate based upon the average rate of exchange of the dollar in the preceding twelve months.
Paragraphs 11 and 12 of the printed paper of particulars relating to these appointments will be rendered obsolete by this change, as the effect will be to fix the whole of cadets and officers' salaries in sterling, instead of only half; and the leave salary and pension of officers will, of course, be paid in sterling, and calculated upon the sterling salaries attached to their posts.
A revised edition of the printed paper of particulars relating to these cadetships will be brought out shortly. In the meantime, candidates desiring further information are asked to apply personally or by letter to the Eastern Department, Colonial Office.
COLONIAL OFFICE,
7th August, 1901.
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