CO129-251 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [9-11] — Page 293

6 in which certain

appointments in the.

Civil Service of this

Colony

are

referred to

Co

to which Cadets should

not have a

preferential

or other

claim unless they possess the legal knowledge necessary for such posts.

One of the posts mentioned is that of ~ Police Magistrate, and it has been suggested to

Me

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me that in view of the 2?

paragraph of Your Lordship's

despatch 2.155

of the 3rd. of August 1883, a voluntary

examination in law should be instituted, the

passing of which would

give

Cadets

a

preferential claim to the appointment_ of Police Magistrate, subject to the provision that one

of the two Magistrates should be a member of the Bar.

I have accordingly

considered