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Fiji cadet- ships.

Appoint

ments re-

quiring special qualitica- tions.

Surveyors,

and fore- men of

works,

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Candidates should note that the great majority of vacancies in these appointments occur in Southern or Northern Nigeria, East Africa, and Uganda. Vacancies in the other Colonies mentioned are rare.

Vacancies in the higher grades are almost invariably filled by promotion. The duties in most cases include judicial work, and, in the case of the Gold Coast, candidates are required to possess legal qualifications.

For appointments in West Africa the minimum age is 23, and in East Africa, Uganda, and Nyasaland 22; prefer. ence is given to unmarried candidates under 35 years of age.

For District Commissionerships in the Gold Coast the age limit is 40 instead of 35.

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10. There are also a few cadetships in Fiji filled by selection; but vacancies in these posts are extremely infrequent, averaging about one vacancy in two years. salary is 2001. Candidates must be between the ages of 20 and 24. They will, in the first instance, be employed on clerical duties in the Secretariat, and will be on probation for three years, during which time they must acquire a Their subsequent satisfactory knowledge of Fijian. employment, if their appointment is confirmed, ˆ will depend on the vacancies that may occur, and on the capacity they may have shewn themselves to possess.

11. Special qualifications are required for all the other junior appointments usually open to candidates in this country, but for the appointments mentioned in paragraph 18 suitable experience of business is the only special qualification necessary.

12 (a). Vacancies for surveyors are occasionally at the engineers, disposal of the Secretary of State, mainly in connexion with minor trigonometrical, topographical, and cadastral work in the Colonies and Protectorates in tropical Africa. The appointments are temporary, for three years in the first instance, with the possibility of a renewal of the engagement for a further period of three years. The salary is 2501. or 300l. a year according to Colony. Candidates should be unmarried and over 24.. special diplomas are required, but it would be useless for anyone to apply who had not a good knowledge of land surveying.

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(b). Engineers, and foremen of works, when required from this country, are usually obtained through the Crown Agents for the Colonies. 'The Crown Agents have in their hands the selection of such officers for public works (railways, &c.) carried out through them, and they also select for clerical appointments in connexion with the works.

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13. The Secretary of State has occasionally to fill Educa-

up an educational appointment. In the case of elementary or technical educational posts candidates are obtained when appoint- required through the Education Department, or occasionally by advertising in the newspapers, and no permanent list of candidates is kept. A list of candidates for higher educational pests is kept at the Colonial Office; but the better-paid posts, and the headships of colleges and education departments, are almost always filled by promotion from within the Colonial Services.

14. There is very little ecclesiastical patronage now Ecclesi- remaining in the hands of the Secretary of State. If n

astical ap- point. post falls vacant which the Secretary of State has to fill, menta. a candidate is selected in some special manner, with particular reference to the requirements and circumstances of the office. No list of candidates is kept.

15. Persons possessing a competent knowledge of one Immigra or more Indian languages may have their names noted for tion ap- consideration when vacancies occur in the Immigration point- Department of any of the Colonies to which coolies are imported from India. But these appointments are few in number, and vacancies consequently do not often

occur.

ments.

solicitors.

16. Offices for which solicitors are required are almost Appoint- always filled by the appointment of local candidates. ments But there are u

few appointments, such as minor open to Registrarships, for which solicitors as well as barristers are regarded as eligible. Solicitors are not ineligible for administrative appointments.

ments

17. Barristers are required as registrars, law officers, Appoint-

some instances judges, in

ak as magistrates, and Provincial Commissioners and District Commissioners open to

barristers. in the Gold Coast (see par. 9). The salary of

a King's Advocate or Attorney-General (who in some

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