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Gaol, which are now held in combination with

other offices.

8.

Moreover, as regards no less than

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seven of those appointments, Sir G.Boven stated

that

some professional training would no doubt

be generally necessary in addition to the other

qualifications possessed by the Cadets. In

the absence of such special training, it should

be understood that any of these appointments

may be given to duly qualified persons from

outside the Civil Service, the cadets having a

preferential claim only when they possess the

necessary legal or other knowledge."

9.

One of the seven appointments for

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which Sir G.Bogen regarded special qualifica-

tions as desirable was that of Captain Super-

intendent of Police;

and you are aware that the

advisability of including the higher police

appointments in the list of fosts to be or-

dinarily filled from the Civil Service has been

very earnestly debated in the past in Hong Kong

as