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take into account a

{

thought

advisable

any longer to

knowledge

of Chinese.

onquially

It had been

intended to fix the limit of age

Eetween sixteen

years complete and

turorty years complete ; but

arcumstances connected with

Kings College, London, induced

Lord John Russell for this

time

only.

to extend the limit of

age to twenty five years complete.

It was stated in the

Letters to the several Universities

and Colleges that the object for

which the appointments of Student

Interpreters

are made is that the

perrons

on

whom

they

are

conferred should in the first place devote themselves to the Study of

the Chinese language,

and in

the next place should qualify

themselves

generally for the public

service in China, so that Her

Majestys Government may always

have at their disposal

persons competent to discharge

the duties entrusted to ther

Majesty's Consular officers

in that

which