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of his leaving England.
6.
Further, I would respectfully urge that great consideration should be given to the regulations governing the competitive examination, success in which led to my appointment as a Hongkong Cadet. Those regulations dated December 1881 and published on pages 40, 41 of the Government Gazette for 1882 state that a passed Cadet "will be considered eligible for promotion in the Civil Service of Hongkong on the occurrence of any vacancy which he may be deemed suitable to fill, and this promise may be said to have been the inducement which led educated gentlemen to serve in an enervating climate where the first few years had to be passed on a meagre salary and were endurable only on account of the prospects of advancement that had been officially held out.
7. That part of the regulations already quoted and the preamble which says "with a view to supply the Civil Service of Hong Kong, Cadetships have been established, indicate that it was the intention of the Colonial Office to supply the Colonial Service of this Island with a succession of officers who should fill the higher appointments in the Colony and constitute a service peculiar to Hongkong itself. Former Cadets have on occasion been advanced when the opportunity offered and it is not unreasonable that the later race of Cadets should claim to meet with the liberal treatment accorded to their predecessors which the circumstances of their own appointment also justify them in expecting to receive.
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of his leaving England.
6.
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respectfully urge
that great
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corvideration should be given to
the regulations
governing the
competitive examination, success
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my appointment
Hongkong Cadet. Those ~ regulations dated December 1881 and published on
pages 40, 41 of the Government Gazette for 1882 state that a passed Cadet "will be -
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in the Civil Service of Hongkong
on the occurrance of any vacancy
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which he to fill, and this promise may
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where the first few years had to be passed on a
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established, indicate that it was the intention of the Colonial Office
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