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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Contracts for the publication of the Government Gazette and for the execution of the Government Printing will expire on 1st July next.
Notice in consequence is hereby given that up to 4 P.M. on Friday 1st June next, tenders will be received for the publication of the Gazette, and for the performance of all printing work required by this Government.
Tenders must specify Terms on which the Gazette will be undertaken at a certain rate per page, half page, block of ten lines, or single line - also the Terms for supplying Copies of Ordinances, Notifications, &c., made up into pages from the Gazette without alteration of width.
Separate Tenders for Job printing will also be received. Further particulars may be obtained on application at this Office.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 20th March, 1855.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Wanted a passage to England for five European Convicts.
Sealed Tenders will be received addressed to the Colonial Secretary, and particulars may be learnt on application at the Harbour Master's Office.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th February, 1855.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Wanted a passage to Penang for Thirty-nine Chinese Convicts. Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
345
Examination for Appointments to the Civil Service of the East India Company.
1. In July 1855 an examination will take place, by examiners appointed by the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, of candidates for appointments to the Civil Service of the East India Company.
2. Any natural-born subject of Her Majesty who shall be desirous of entering the Civil Service of the Company will be entitled to be examined at such examination, provided he shall, on or before the 1st of May, 1855, have transmitted to the Board of Commissioners:
(a) A certificate of his age being above eighteen years and under twenty-three years.
(b) A certificate, signed by a physician or surgeon, of his having no disease, constitutional affection, or bodily infirmity, unfitting him for the Civil Service of the Company.
(c) A certificate of good moral character, signed by the head of the school or college at which he has last received his education; or, if he has not received education at any school or college since the year 1852, then such proof of good moral character as may be satisfactory to the Board of Commissioners.
(d) A statement of those of the branches of knowledge hereinafter enumerated, in which he desires to be examined.
3. The examination will take place only in the following branches of knowledge: English Language and Literature:-
Composition 500 English Literature and History, including that of the Laws and Constitution 1,000 Language, Literature, and History of Greece 750 Rome 750 France 375 Germany 375 Italy 375 Mathematics, pure and mixed 1,000 Natural Science, that is, Chemistry, Electricity and Magnetism, Natural History, Geology, and Mineralogy 500 Moral Sciences, that is, Logic, Mental, Moral, and Political Philosophy 500 Sanscrit Language and Literature 375 Arabic Language and Literature 375 Total 6,875Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th April, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong is published for general information.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th May, 1855.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Account of the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong for the Month ending 30th April, 1855, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation
Notes issued, $110,775*
*Exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st May, 1855.
(Signed,) SAM. GRAY, Manager.
The Books and Treasure Vault of the above Corporation were this day inspected by me, and the specie accorded in amount with the terms of the Charter.
Victoria, Hongkong, 8th May, 1855,
(Signed,) R. RIENAECKER, Colonial Treasurer.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Honorable The Lieutenant-Governor directs the publication of the subjoined copy of Rules which have been recently drawn up by the Commissioners for the affairs of India, for the Examination of Candidates for the Indian Civil Service.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th May, 1855.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
4. The merit of the persons examined will be estimated by marks, according to the ordinary system in use at several of the Universities, and the numbers set opposite to each branch in the preceding paragraph denote the greatest number of marks that can be obtained in respect of it.
5. No candidate will be allowed any marks in respect of any subject of examination unless he shall, in the opinion of the examiners, possess a competent knowledge of that subject.
6. The examination will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers, and by vivâ voce examination, as the examiners may deem necessary.
7. After the examination shall have been completed, the examiners shall add up the marks obtained by each candidate in respect of each of the subjects in which he shall have been examined, and shall set forth, in order of merit, the names of the twenty candidates who shall have obtained a greater aggregate number of marks than any of the remaining candidates; and such twenty candidates shall be deemed to be selected candidates for the Civil Service of the East India Company. Their choice of the Presidency in India to which they shall be appointed, shall be determined by the order in which they stand on such list,
8. In August 1856, and August 1857, further examinations of the selected candidates will take place by examiners appointed by the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India in the following subjects:
Law, including the ordinary rules of taking evidence and the mode of conducting civil and criminal trials 1,000 The History of India 400 Political Economy 400 Any Language of India in which the selected candidate shall have given notice of his desire to be examined 2009. Each selected candidate, desirous of being examined at either of the further examinations of 1856 and 1857, shall, two months previously to such examination, transmit to the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India a statement mentioning the language or languages of India in which he is desirous of being examined.
10. Any selected candidate who, having been examined at the further examination of 1856, shall not have passed, may, nevertheless, be again examined at the further examination of 1857.
11. Any selected candidate who shall not have passed at one or the other of the further examinations shall be considered as having forfeited his claim to be appointed to the Civil Service of the East India Company.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Contracts for the publication of the Government Gazette and for the execution of the Gor- ernment Printing will expire on 1st July next.
Notice in consequence is hereby given that up to 4 P. M. on Friday 1st June next, tenders will be received for the publication of the Gazette, and for the performance of all printing work required by this
Government.
Tenders must specify Terms on which the Gazette will be undertaken at a certain rate per page, half page, block of ten lines, or single line-also the Terms for supplying Copies of Ordinances, No- tifications, &c., made up into pages from the Gazette without alteration of width.
Separate Tenders for Job printing will also be received. Further particulars may be obtained on application at this Office.
Colonial, Secretary's Office, Victoria,
Hongkong, 20th March, 1855.
By Order,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Wanted a passage to England for five European Convicts.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
Sealed Tenders will be received addressed to the Colonial Secretary, and particulars may be learnt on application at the Harbour Master's Office.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th February, 1855.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Wanted a passage to Penang for Thirty nine Chinese Convicts. Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
345
` Examination for Appointments to the Civil Service of the East India Company.
1. In July 1855 an examination will take place, by examiners appointed by the Board of Com- missioners for the Affairs of India, of candidates for appointments to the Civil Service of the East India Company.
2. Any natural-born subject of Her Majesty who shall be desirous of entering the Civil Service of the Company will be entitled to be examined at such examination, provided he shall, on or before the 1st of May, 1855, have transmitted to the Board of Commissioners:
(a) A certificate of his age being above eighteen years and under twenty-three years.
(6) A certificate, signed by a physician or surgeon, of his having no disease, constitutional
affection, or bodily infirmity, unfitting him for the Civil Service of the Company.
(c) A certificate of good moral character, signed by the head of the school or college at which
he has last received his education; or, if he has not received education at any school or college since the year 1852, then such proof of good moral character as may be satisfactory to the Board of Commissioners.
(d) A statement of those of the branches of knowledge hereinafter enumerated, in which he
desires to be examined.
3. The examination will take place only in the following branches of knowledge: English Language and Literature:-
Composition
500
English Literature and History, including that of the Laws and Constitution
1,000
1,500
Language, Literature, and History of Greece
750
Rome
27
750
J
France
375
Germany Italy
375
375
Mathematics, pure and mixed
Natural Science, that is, Chemistry, Electricity and Magnetism, Natural History,
1,000
Geology, and Mineralogy
500
Moral Sciences, that is, Logic, Mental, Moral, and Political Philosophy
500
Sanscrit Language and Literature
375
Arabic Language and Literature
375
6,875
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,
Hongkong, 27th April, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong is published for general information.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th May, 1855.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
Account of the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong for the Month ending 30th April, 1855, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation
Notes issued,.
•Exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong,
1st May, 1855.
$110,775*
(Signed,)
SAM. GRAY,
Manager.
The Books and Treasure Vault of the above Corporation were this day inspected by me, and the specie accorded in amount with the terms of the Charter.
Victoria, Hongkong, 8th May, 1855,
(Signed,) R. RIENAECKER, Colonial Treasurer.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Honorable The Lieutenant-Governor directs the publication of the subjoined copy of Rules which have been recently drawn up by the Commissioners for the affairs of India, for the Examina- tion of Candidates for the Indian Civil Service.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,
Hongkong, 7th May, 1855.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
4. The merit of the persons examined will be estimated by marks, according to the ordinary system in use at several of the Universities, and the numbers set opposite to each branch in the preceding paragraph denote the greatest number of marks that can be obtained in respect of it.
5. No candidate will be allowed any marks in respect of any subject of examination unless he shall, in the opinion of the examiners, possess a competent knowledge of that subject.
6. The examination will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers, and by vivá voce examination, as the examiners may deem necessary.
7. After the examination shall have been completed, the examiners shall add up the marks obtained by each candidate in respect of each of the subjects in which he shall have been examined, and shall set forth, in order of merit, the names of the twenty candidates who shall have obtained a greater aggregate number of marks than any of the remaining candidates; and such twenty candidates shall be deemed to be selected candidates for the Civil Service of the East India Company. Their choice of the Presidency in India to which they shall be appointed, shall be determined by the order in which they stand on such list,
8. In August 1856, and August 1857, further examinations of the selected candidates will take place by examiners appointed by the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India in the following subjects:
Law, including the ordinary rules of taking evidence and the mode of conducting
civil and criminal trials
1,000
The History of India
400
Political Economy
400
Any Language of India in which the selected candidate shall have given notice
of his desire to be examined
200
and such further examinations will be conducted in the same manner as that above described. (The numbers set opposite to each subject denote the greatest number of marks which can be obtained in respect of such subjects.)
9. Each selected candidate, desirous of being examined at either of the further examinations of 1856 and 1857, shall, two months previously to such examination, transmit to the Board of Com- missioners for the Affairs of India a statement mentioning the language or languages of India in which he is desirous of being examined.
10. Any selected candidate who, having been examined at the further examination of 1856, shall not have passed, may, nevertheless, be again examined at the further examination of 1857.
11. Any selected candidate who shall not have passed at one or the other of the further examina-
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