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from the correspondence that passed in 1898
when it was decided that both the appointment
of Postmaster-General and that of his Assistant
which were not thought by Sir G.Bogen to re-
quire special qualifications, should be filled
by selecting officers from outside the cadet
service, on the ground that special arrange -
ments must be made to meet the postal require-
ments of the public. The same question has
been from time to time raised in regard to post-
al appointments in other Colonies.
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11.
The memorialists themselves refer to
the paper of particulars relating to cadetships
in the Civil Service of Hong Kong, the Straits
Settlements, and the Federated Malay States
("Eastern No.67"), and the language of that doc-
ument sets forth in plain terms the position
of the cadets appointed in recent years. They
are appointed to the combined service, and as-
signed "in the first instance" to one or other
of the Colonies or States included in the Ser-
vice.
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