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ARTICULARS of the Office of....2nd Class Overseer .now vacant in the Colony of Hongkong

Duties of Office, and qualifications equired for their performance.

Salary of Office.

Second Class Overseer to supervise work in connection with the installation, maintenance, repairs, etc., of Electric Light and Power in Government Buildings, Age 25-35. Applicant should have had experience in carrying out good class electrical installations in Public Building including Lifts and Ventilating plant, and be qualified to take out quantities and prepare estimates of cost and must have had practical training as a wireman, should be unmarried and of sound constitution.

£260 per annum rising by annual increments of £10 to £280 during the third year, and thereafter, in the event of the appointment being made permanent by further annual increment of £10 to a maximur of £300 or in the event of promotion to First Class Overseer to a maximum of £360. The increases specified are dependent upon the proper performance of his duties in the meantime.

Salary payable in dollars in accordance with General Orders. A deduction of 4% is made from the salaries of all officers as a contribution towards the pensions of widowa and orphans of public officers.

Allowances, quarters, and other circumstances affecting the value of the Office.

Conveyance allowance in accordance with General Orders. Free partially furnished quarters if available, or an allowance in lieu thereof in accordance with General Orders.

Nature, number, and amount of securities required, and mode of giving them.

Whether free passage is provided

for the person selected and his family.

Acts, laws or ordinances making provision respecting any of the above matters, and especially res- pecting the permanency of the emoluments, and the particulars of he security required, with refer- ences to the sections in which such provision is made.

Whether house accommodation is available or readily procurable, whether furniture, etc., should be brought from England, and any other particulars of a like nature likely to be useful for the inform- ation of candidates.

None

To be appointed on a three years' agreement with the usual terms as to passages, etc., in accordance with Colonial Regulation 121.

None

House accommodation is not readily procurable but a single man has generally no difficulty in procuring accom- modation in a hotel, boarding house or mess. can be obtained in the Colony.

Furniture

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