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COLONIAL SURVEY APPOINTMENTS.

The Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved of the following arrangements for the selection of candidates for junior survey appointments in Crown Colonies and Protectorates.

1. For the purpose of selecting surveyors, Ceylon, the Federated Malay States, and the East Africa and Uganda Protectorates will be grouped, and candidates will be required to pass the same tests and go through the same preliminary training. Candidates will, however, be allowed to indicate their preference for particular Colonies, and, if they wish it, to await the occurrence of vacancies. It is possible that other Colonies or Protectorates may be included in these arrangements in the future, but for the present they will apply only to the countries named, which are those in which vacancies may be expected to occur most frequently.

2. Candidates must be between the ages of 21 and 27 and should be unmarried, as the conditions of service for surveyors in the countries concerned are not suitable for a married man.

3. Anyone wishing to become a candidate for these posts should apply in writing to the Private Secretary to the Secretary of State, Colonial Office, London, S.W. He will be required to fill in a form of application and to furnish testimonials and the names of two referees. If the information thus obtained is considered satis- factory, he will be asked to call at the Colonial Office for a personal interview, and, if accepted, will be nominated as a candidate.

4. A candidate not exempted under paragraphs 5 or 6 of this Memorandum will be required to pass two tests :-

(a.) A qualifying examination in mathematics, including

algebra, geometry, and plane trigonometry, and (6.) An oral qualifying examination in the use and adjustment of surveying instruments. This examination will include the theodolite, level, compass, chain, tape, plane table, clinometer, and barometer. It is not, however, neces- sary that the candidate should have had other than academical experience of the use of these instruments. For these examinations, which will be conducted at the Surveyors' Institution, an examiner nominated by the Secretary of State will be associated with the examiners nominated by the Institution. The candidate will be required to pay a fee of one guinea for each examination.

5. A candidate who has passed with honours in mathematics, physical science, or engineering, or who has obtained an equivalent diploms or distinction in a University or school of a University in the United Kingdom, or who has been licensed to practise as a surveyor in one of His Majesty's Dominions, will not be required to undergo any technical or educational test.

• The extent to which the arrangements can be applied to the East Africa Protectorate is at present uncertain.

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6. A candidate who has passed the examination for the Associated Membership of the Institute of Civil Engineers or for the Professional Associateship or Fellowship of the Surveyors Institution or the examination of the Institution of Municipal and County Engineers, or who has obtained the surveying diploma of the Royal Geographical Society or the diploma of the Cambridge University Department of Geography, will be exempt from the technical test referred to in paragraph 4 (6) above.

7. Candidates who have passed the qualifying tests or have been exempted will then be required to undergo a medical examination by one of the medical advisers to the Colonial Office in London, Edinburgh, or Dublin. A fee of one guines will be charged for this examination.

8. According to the number of vacancies, candidates will then be sent to the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, for a course of instruction not exceeding two months. If reported on favourably by the Director-General of the Ordnance Survey, but not other- wise, a candidate will become a Survey Probationer and will be granted the amount of his actual railway fares incurred in con- nexion with the course, and a lodging allowance of 2s. 6d, a day and a subsistence allowance of 5s, a day for each day spent at Southampton. No travelling expenses other than first class railway fares will be admitted, and return tickets must be taken when any saving would be effected thereby.

9. If the number of candidates reported on favourably by the Director-General of the Ordnance Survey is in excess of the number of vacancies then in existence, the selection of those Probationers first to be sent out will be at the discretion of the Secretary of State. The remainder will be placed on a waiting list pending the occurrence of vacancies. No salary or allowance can be issued during the period of waiting, but a Probationer on the waiting list will have priority over all candidates for Proba- tionerships who attend a subsequent course of instruction unless for any reason he desires his allocation to a particular Colony or Protectorate to be deferred. In the latter event he will be allowed to remain on the list for a further period not exceeding twelve months.

10. A Survey Probationer will be sent out to the Colony or Protectorate to which he is posted at a salary of £250 a year (£275 in the Federated Malay States), with free quarters or an allowance in lieu thereof when stationed at headquarterst. He will be provided with a free passage on his siguing an agreement to refund its cost in the event of his leaving the service of the Government during the period of probation or, in the event of his services being retained, within three years of the date of his arrival for any reason other than physical or mental infirmity. Passages booked by mail steamer to Ceylon or the Federated Malay States Travelling expenses are not granted in respect of the candidate's call at the Colonial Office or bis qualifying or medical examinations.

tIu Ceylon free quarters are not available and a house allowance of £50 ■ year is provided.

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