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for competitive examinations for the appointments to petty places under the value of £100

annum;

which are

per placed by the

Queen's Colonial Regulations at the

" absolute disposal" of the Governor.

༡.

It appears

that the

Colonial Office objects to the "words Reagan

"As a Rule" with which the 19th,

Commended.

these Regulations As these Regulations were

of

disting inters Letiren the Seemtyy

state this

originally office.

drawn up by the Board of Examiners, which (as Your

Lordship is already aware),

gratuitously

gratuitously performe in this Colony the duties performed in England by

the Civil Service Commission,.

referred the point raised to Mr.

Justice Russell and to Mr. Stewart

(the Registrar-General) who are prominent members of that Board, and who have given special attention to this question. These gentlemen have

reported as follows :-

"Rule 12 as now

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printed is

curtailed by omitting : "But the

Governor may appoint any other

Competitor who in his examination

"shall