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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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Printed for the use of the Colonial Office, February, 1907.
EASTERN
No. 85.
[Third Edition.]}
(4228/07.)
This Memo is revised
from time to time.
HONG KONG, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES POLICE PROBATIONERS.
1. With the view of supplying the Police Service of Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, and the Federated Malay States, Probationerships have been established, the holders of which will be required to serve in either of the above mentioned Colonies or in the States, and to devote themselves for a certain time after their arrival in the East to learning one or more native languages. Probationers appointed to this service will in the first instance be allotted to the States or to one or other of the Colonies, and will, as a rule, look for promotion only in the States or in that Colony, but it must be distinctly understood that they will be liable to be transferred at any time from one to another, without being given compensation for any special local privileges or allowances.
2. The Probationers will be selected by competitive examination held by the Civil Service Commissioners.
The examination for these appointments will, as a rule, be held in the month of June or July, in those years in which vacancies have occurred, simultaneously with the examination for the Indian Police Force in the same subjects and the same papers. Candidates may compete for both the Indian and Colonial services at the same time.
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Applications for admission to the combined examination should addressed to the Secretary, Judicial and Public Department, India Office, in the manner laid down in the Regulations for admission to the Indian Police Force, issued by that Department. These regulations also contain full information as to the subjects for examination.
Applications for admission to the examination of candidates for the Police Forces of the Colonies and Federated Malay States only should be addressed to the Eastern Department of the Colonial Office. They must reach that Depart- ment not later than the 1st of May.
3. Candidates must be above 19 and under 21 years of age on the first day of June in the year in which the examination is held. They must be unmarried, and if they marry before reaching the East they will forfeit their appointments.
Every Candidate must be a British subject of European descent, and at the time of his birth his father must have been a British subject, either natural- born or naturalized in the United Kingdom. He must, if called upon to do so, In the case of persons who enter both for the Indian and for the Colonial ServiceB the decision of the Secretary of State for India in Council as to whether a candidate satis- fles this condition will be final. No candidate who has been rejected as not qualified in this 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.
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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- mert 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.
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7. Every Probationer on arrival in the Colony or State to which he
may 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 leaye 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' 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
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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 from the date at which they qualify by passing the above-mentioned examinations, as a contribution towards the pensions of the widows and orphans of Public Officers.
12. The currencies of Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, and the Federated Malay States are silver dollar currencies. For purposes of local payment in Hong Kong, salaries fixed in sterling are converted into dollars at rate 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. In the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States, sterling salaries are converted at the Government rate of exchange which, at present, is 28. 4d. to the dollar.
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.
Biaing by
Colony, &c.
Class.
Number of ports.
Initial salary.
triennial
Maximum.
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6606880
of
19
Hong Kong
Assistant Super-
intendents.
Two
360
60
540
Deputy Superin-One
600
60
720
tendent.
Captain Superin- One
800
100
1,000
tendent.
Straits
Assistant Superin-
360
60
Settlements.
tendents (Grade II).
Assistant Superin-
Eight
540
60
tendents (Grade I).
7
Superintendenta..
Three
720
60
840
Inspector-General One
900
50
1,000
Assistant Commis-
360
60
sioners (Grade II).
480
Assistant Commis-
Seven
540
60
660
aloners (Grade
I).
Deputy Commis- Two
sioners.
720
60
8-40
Commissioner....
One
900
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50
1,000
Federated Malay
States.
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,
February, 1907.
NOTE-Further information can be obtained on personal application at the Eastern Department of the Colonial Office.