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6. As soon as he is declared by a Board of Examiners to have acquired a competent knowledge of such languages as he has been directed to study, and has passed such an examination as may be prescribed in Law, Colonial Regu lations, and Government Orders, he will be temporarily employed in such of the Departments as may require his services, at a salary of $1,800 per annum, and will be considered eligible for appointment, as vacancies may occur, to offices in the Civil Service, the salaries of which range from $2,400 to $6,000 per annum, with a few special appointments at higher rates.
7. The progress of the Cadet will be tested by periodical examinations, and he will be liable to be dismissed without further pay if he does not pass a final examination in one or more of the languages within such time as may be fixed, or if at any time his progress or conduct shall be considered by the Government to be so unsatisfactory as to render such a desirable. The Government will decide, having regard to the ground of dismissal, whether the Cadet shall be sent home at the public expense, or shall be left to find his own way home.
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8. Subject to the necessities of the service, leave of absence on half salary may be granted after a period of six years' resident service without any special grounds. It may be given before the expiration of that period in cases of serious indisposition, or of urgent private affairs. grounds, the leave in such case must not exceed one-sixth of the officer's In the absence of special resident service; on special grounds it may exceed that period by six months. In addition to the above, vacation leave on full pay may be granted; if no inconvenience or expense is caused thereby, not exceeding three months in any two years.
9. The present rule as to superannuation is that in the case of ill health an officer may be allowed to retire on a pension after ten full years' resident service; otherwise he must have attained the resident service fifteen-sixtieths of the average annual salary of the retiring age of 55. For ten full years' officer's fixed appointments for the three years prior to retirement may be awarded, to which one-sixtieth may be added for each additional year's service; but no addition will be made in respect of any service beyond 35 years. For pension purposes absence on vacation leave counts as full service, and leave on half pay as half service.
10. A deduction of 4 per cent. is made from the salaries of all Cadets as a contribution to one or other of the Widows and Orphans' Pension Funds of the two Colonies or of the Federated Malay States.
11. The dollar is reckoned at 3s. for the purpose of the payment in England of leave-salary and pension.
The Exchange value of the dollar varies from time to time, but sa annual Exchange Compensation allowance is granted to every European member of the Civil Service (including Cadets) to bring one-half of his salary up to the value of 3s. the dollar. This allervenes, however, is et present provisional only, and may he withdrenu should s reumetaneee-alter. COLONIAL OFFICE,
19th kecember 189)
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(Revised Deo., 1898.)
HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.
Agreement made this
day of
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BETWEEN the undersigned, one
of the Crown Agents for the Colonies, of Downing Street, London, in the County of Middlesex, for and on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong, of the one part, and
of the other part.
Whereby it is agreed between the said parties as follows:
1. The said
(hereinafter called the person engaged) for the consideration mentioned in the conditions of service hereunto annexed agrees, so soon as required by the Crown Agents for the Colonies, to proceed to Hong Kong as Constable in the Police Force of the Government of that Colony, and to act in all respects according to the directions and instructions given to him by the Government of Hong Kong through its properly qualified officers, and he undertakes that he will faithfully and honestly fulfil the duties required of him by or on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong for the term of his engagement, or for any future period of service if he should engage himself after the termination of the first period.
2. A Second Class passage to Hong Kong shall be provided for the person engaged at the cost of the Government of Hong Kong.
3. The Crown Agents for the Colonies shall pay for and on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong to the person engaged, after this Agreement has been duly signed, the sum of £15 by way of bounty, and the persou engaged agrees to refund and repay to them the sum of £15, paid to him by way of bounty, if he should fail to proceed to Hong Kong when directed to do so.
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