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EASTERN,

No.

1/8

(16517/1911.)

1.

HONG KONG CADETSHIPS.

With the view of supplying the

Civil Service of Hong Kong, Cadetships

have been established, the holders of

which are required to devote themselves

for a certain time after their arrival

in the East to learning a dialect of

Chinese and to acquiring a knowledge of

Government business.

2. The Cadets, who must be natural-

born British subjects of pure European

descent on both sides, are selected by

open competitive examination' held by

X

the Civil Service Commissioners, to whom

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 22 and 24 on the first day of

August

X A separate paper is issued by the Civil Service Commission, containing informatio in regard to the Examination.

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