Printed for the use of the Colonial Office, April 1899.
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No. 67.
HONG KONG, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES
CADETSHIPS.
1. With the view of supplying the Civil Service of Hong Kong, the maits Settlements, and the Federated Malay States, Cadetships have been stablished, the holders of which are required to serve indifferently in any of e above mentioned Colonies or States, and to devote themselves for a rtain time after their arrival in the East to learning one or more of the Cadets appointed ative languages, as the local Government may direct.
this service will in the first instance be allotted to one or other of he Colonies or States in question, and will, as a rule, look for promotion only that Colony or State, but it must be distinctly understood that they will be able to be transferred at any time from one to another, at the discretion of the Secretary of State, without being given compensation for any special local rivileges or allowances.
2. The Cadets, who must be natural-born British subjects, are selected by en competitive examination* held by the Civil Service Commissioners, to hom all inquiries on the subject should be addressed.
The examination for these appointments will, as a rule, be held in the month of August, in those years in which vacancies have occurred, simultaneously with the examination for the Civil Service of India. Candidates must be between the ages of 21 and 24 on the first day of August in the year in which the examination is held.
3. The selected Candidates will be expected to leave England about a month after the results of the examination are announced.
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4. Each Cadet will receive salary at the rate of $1,500 per annum, half ulary to commence from the day of leaving England, and full salary from the fate of his arrival in the Colony or State to which he may be sent. passage to the Colony or State will be provided for the Cadet, subject to an undertaking to refund the cost of his passage in the event of his relinquishing the appointment within three years for any other reason than mental or physical infirmity.
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5. While studying the native languages he will be under the control and supervision of the Governor of the Colony or Resident in the State to which be sent, who will frame regulations for his hours of study and general government. Quarters, books, and teachers will be provided for him at the public expense,
and he will be required to attend at the Public Offices a certain ne each day as may be directed by the Governor or Resident, in order to give him an opportunity of learning the details of public business, without interfering with his reading. He may also, if thought advisable, be sent for a certain time to China or to Madras in order to acquire more intimate knowledge of the Chinese or the Tamil language.
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