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into one-half the period of leave with full salary, provided that the total period of com- muted and uncommuted leave, together with any period of vacation leave that may be granted, does not exceed ten months at a time. No officer can claim as a right to commute his leave in this manner, the decision whether commutation can or cannot be allowed being wholly within the discretion of the Governor.
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8. 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 age of 55. For ten full years' resident service fifteen-sixtieths of annual salary of the retiring officer's fixed appointment 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.
9. A deduction of 4 per cent, is made from the salaries of all members of the permanent Service, including Cadets, as a contribution towards the provision of pensions for the widows and orphans of public officers. An officer may also contribute at the rate of 4 per cent. of any duty allowance drawn by him but is not required to do so. choice once made as to contributing 4 per cent. of duty allowance will be final and will apply to the whole of the officer's service.
The
For purposes of 10. The currency of Hong Kong is based on the silver dollar. local payment salaries fixed in sterling are converted into dollars, as to 80 per cent. at the rate of 18. 9d., and as to 20 per cent. at a rate fixed by the Government, and based upon the average exchange value of the dollar during the month ending on the fifteenth day of the month for which salary is to be paid.
11. The Civil Service of Hong Kong is at present classified as follows, but no guarantee whatever is given that the numbers and conditions of the appointments or the salaries attached to them will remain unaltered. Moreover, some of the posts included in these classes are not exclusively confined to officers originally appointed as Cadets :-
Class.
Number of Posts.
Initial Salary.
Rising by incremente (which are triennial except where otherwise stated) of
Maximum.
£
£
£
400
20 (annual)
560
600
40
720
800 1,600
100
1,000
III.
Eight
II.
Eight
I.
Four
Staff
One
In addition to the fixed salaries of their posts, officers receive, while actually serving in the Colony, duty allowances at the following rates :----
COLONIAL OFFICE,
September, 1913.
Class III-£100 a year (in one case £150 a year). Class II.--£120 a year.
Class 1-£150 a year.
Note. Further information can be obtained on personal application at the Eastern Department of the Colonial Office.
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HONG KONG
POLICE PROBATIONERS.
1. With the view of supplying the Police Service of Hong Kong, Probationerships have been established, the holders of which will be required to devote themselves for a certain time after their arrival in the Colony to acquiring a knowledge of Chinese and Hindustani and of Police work and drill.
2. The Probationers will be selected by competitive examination held by the Civil Service Commissioners.
The examination for these appointments will, as a rule, be held in the month of June or July, in those years in which vacancies have occurred, simultaneously with the examination for the Indian Police Force and for the Police Services of Ceylon and the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States, in the same subjects and the surne papers. Candidates may compete for the Indian and for one or all of the Colonial services at the same time.
Applications for admission to the combined examination should be addressed to the Secretary, Judicial and Public Department, India Office, in the manner laid down in the Regulations for admission to the Indian Police Force, issued by that Department. These regulations also contain full information as to the subjects for examination.
Applications for admission to the examination of candidates for the Police Forces of the Colonies and Federated Malay States only should be addressed to the Eastern Department of the Colonial Office. They must reach that Department not later than the 1st of May.
3. Candidates must be above 19 and under 21 years of age on the first day of June in the year in which the examination is held. They must be unmarried, and if they marry before reaching the East they will forfeit their appointments.
Every candidate must be a British subject of pure European descent on both sides, and at the time of his birth his father must have been a British subject, either natural- horn or naturalized in the United Kingdom. He must, if called upon to do so, satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners that he is duly qualified in respect of age and character. He must be of sound constitution, possessed of good sight, and physically qualified for service in a tropical climate. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a strict medical examination by the Medical Board appointed to examine the successful candidates for Indian Police appointments, to test these points. A fee of two guineas will be charged in respect of this examination. No candidate who does not possess the physical qualifica- tions required in the case of a candidate for the Indian Police Force will be regarded as eligible for an appointment in the Colonial Police Forces.
4. Successful candidates will be allotted, as and when opportunity offers, to the service of Hong Kong or Ceylon or of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States, upon a consideration of all the circumstances, including their own wishes; but the requirements of the Public Service will rank before every other consideration, and the Secretary of State will retain full discretion to allot as he thinks fit.
5. Probationers will be expected to leave England about a month after they have been finally selected for appointment. A free passage to the Colony will be provided for the Probationer, 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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6. Each Probationer will receive salary at the rate of £225 per annum with free quarters, half salary to commence from the day of leaving England, and full salary from the date of his arrival in the Colony.
* The decision of the Secretary of State for the Colonies as to whether a candidate satisfies this condition will be final. No candidate who has been rejected as not qualified in this respect for the Indian Service will be accepted as a candidate for the Colonial Forces.
(2.) Wt. 522-617 1900, 443
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