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which the emoluments exceed two hundred
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67. When a vacancy occurs in the first or lowest of the three classes last mentioned the Governor, as a general rule, has the absolute
disposal of the appointment, subject only to the condition of reporting every such appointment hy the first opportunity.†
68. When a vacancy occurs in the second or middle class, the Governor reports it to the Secretary of State, together with the name and qualifications of the person whom he has appointed to fill it provisionally and intends to fill it finally, which recommendation is almost uniformly followed.
69. When a vacancy occurs in the third or highest class, the Governor follows the same course As to reporting the vacancy and provisional appointment; but he is distinctly to apprise the object of his choice that he holds the Office in the strictest sense of the word provisionally only until his appointment is confirmed or superseded by His Majesty. He is at liberty also to recommend a candidate for the final appointment, but it must be distinctly understood that the Secretary of State has the power of recommending another
instead. In these cases the confirmation or other final appointment takes place in the form already mentioned.
70. It is of course impossible to lay down any general rule for deciding in what cases
the recommendation of a Governor will, or will not, be ultimately sanctioned and confirmed by the King; but in general it may be stated, that His Majesty will be advised to regard
more favourably appointments which are in the nature of promotions of meritorious Public Servants, thun appointments made in favour of persons new to the Public Service; and that when any new Office has been created the Governor's recommendation for filling it up will carry with it less weight than in the case of offices which the Governor may
• In Straits Settlements and Hong Kong the limits are not £100 or £200, or their equivalents, but $1,000 or $2,000 and in Ceylon, Mauritius, and Seychelles, Rs. 1,500 and Rs. 3,000.
† See subsequent Regulations 217 and 218 as to reporting vacancies.—(Circular, 4th August, 1881.)
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have found already established. In the case of such new Offices there will always be more than usual reason to anticipate that an appoint. ment will be made directly from this country.
71. Appointments of gentlemen connected with the Governor, or who have accompanied him to the Colony as Private Secretaries or otherwise, are open to much objection, and will rarely be confirmed. Provisional appointments of this kind should be reported to the Secretary of State without any recommendation as to the mode in which the Office shall be permanently filled. Should such an appoint- ment be made at a time when a Governor is about to leave the Colony, his Successor will be expected to report on the mode in which the Office should be permanently filled.
72. It is further to be understood, that, in determining the propriety of appointments from this country or from the Colony, regard will probably be had to the comparatively advanced state of wealth and population in each Colony, and to the number of properly qualified candidates among whom the Local Authorities may have the opportunity of making a selection.
73. In the distribution of the patronage of the Government in the Colonies, great weight must always be attached to local services and experience. Every Governor will therefore make, once in each year, a Confidential Report of the claims of Candidates, whether already employed in the Public Service or not, whom he may consider to possess those qualifications, in order that, when à vacancy or an opportunity for promotion occurs, the Secretary of State may have before him additional means, besides the immediate recommendation of the Governor, for judging how far the particular Candidate recommended by the Governor is on the whole the best qualified, and whether a Candidate of proper qualifications is to be found in that or in any other Colony. The Governor will ascertain and report upon the qualifications of other Candidates, of whom he may have less knowledge, when he sees sufficient reason for supposing that the Public Service might gain by their admission into it; but in the application of these Rules much must be left to the Governor's discretion.
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