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13

examination

misior appointments

for min

in the Civil Service.

2.

The principal exemination

was

described in the enclosed papers for a chinese clerkship at a salary

of £200 a year in the Magistrates

Office.

There

were

eleven candidates,

all of whom had the advantage of being trained under a most zealous teacher Mr. Stewart the headmaster

of the Government Central School. Of

these one is at this moment Assistant teacher in the Central School and two others had acted as Assistant teachers. One had been the master and teacher of English of the Government School at Aberdeen. Of

the remainder, one had been educated at the school of the Roman Catholic

Missionaries here. Not one

of the

Candidates however was able to

pass

The Board of Examiners

the examination.

3.

consisted of Bishop Burdon, who is

well known as a Chinese Scholar, Mr.

Ng achoy, a Chinese gentleman who

was

called to the bar at

lately Lincoln's Inn,

and M. Alabaster, the

head of the Department in which the vacant clerkship, the subject of

the Examination, existed.

4.

The answers of the

various candidates, to the simple examination papers put before them

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13 examination misior appointments for min in the Civil Service. 2. The principal exemination was described in the enclosed papers for a chinese clerkship at a salary of £200 a year in the Magistrates Office. There were eleven candidates, all of whom had the advantage of being trained under a most zealous teacher Mr. Stewart the headmaster of the Government Central School. Of these one is at this moment Assistant teacher in the Central School and two others had acted as Assistant teachers. One had been the master and teacher of English of the Government School at Aberdeen. Of the remainder, one had been educated at the school of the Roman Catholic Missionaries here. Not one of the Candidates however was able to pass The Board of Examiners the examination. 3. consisted of Bishop Burdon, who is well known as a Chinese Scholar, Mr. Ng achoy, a Chinese gentleman who was called to the bar at lately Lincoln's Inn, and M. Alabaster, the head of the Department in which the vacant clerkship, the subject of the Examination, existed. 4. The answers of the various candidates, to the simple examination papers put before them
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13 examination misior appointments for min in the Civil Service. 2. The principal exemination was described in the enclosed papers for a chinese clerkship at a salary of £200 a year in the Magistrates Office. There were eleven candidates, right of whom had the advantage of being trained under a most realous teacher Mr. Stewart the headmaster of the Government Central School. Of an these one is at this moment Assistant teacher in the Central School and two others had acted as Assistant teachers. One had been the master and teacher of English of the Government School at Aberdeen. Of ( the remainder, one had been educated at the school of the Roman Catholic Missionaries here. Not one Candidates however was able to of the pass The Board of Examiners the examination. 3. consisted of Bishop Burdon, who is well known as a Chinese Scholar, Mr. Ng achoy, a Chinese gentleman who was called to the bar at. lately Lincoln's inn, and M. allay, the head of the Department in which the vacant clerkship_ the subject of the Examination - existed. 4. The answers of the various candidates, to the simple examination papers put before them
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13

examination

misior appointments

for min

in the Civil Service.

2.

The principal exemination

was

described in the enclosed papers for a chinese clerkship at a salary

of £200 a year in the Magistrates

Office.

There

were

eleven candidates,

right of whom had the advantage of being trained under a most realous teacher Mr. Stewart the headmaster

of the Government Central School. Of

an

these one is at this moment Assistant teacher in the Central School and two others had acted as Assistant teachers. One had been the master and teacher of English of the Government School at Aberdeen. Of

(

the remainder, one had been educated at the school of the Roman Catholic

Missionaries here. Not one

Candidates however was able to

of the

pass

The Board of Examiners

the examination.

3.

consisted of Bishop Burdon, who is

well known as a Chinese Scholar, Mr.

Ng achoy, a Chinese gentleman who

was

called to the bar at.

lately Lincoln's inn,

and M. allay, the

head of the Department in which the vacant clerkship_ the subject of

the Examination - existed.

4.

The answers of the

various candidates, to the simple examination papers put before them

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