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i.e., the present system of having a Class I

of the Service, makes the senior posts the

monopoly of the Hong Kong Cadets. I suggest

that it is undesirable that this monopoly

should remain and that from the point of view

of the public interest the system of making

substantive appointments is distinctly preferable.

I cannot see that the Hong Kong Cadet Service

would have a real reason for dissatisfaction

over their prospects of promotion if this system

were carried out, particularly as they now have

of promotiem my

a wider field then the Colonial Service generally,

WINODEAS THÈer the vid egatencaombers of the

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erica could-

posáa in Hong Kang,

her sppointed to senior

I therefore suggest that

Sir G. Northcote's proposals should be turned down,

but before suggesting a detailed reply, C.S.D.

will no doubt wish to comment.

P. Rogel

4.1.38.

This has always been a very debatable

question in Hong Kong, where the Cadet Service and

its functions in the peculiar circumstances of the

Colony must be regarded as something outside the

ordinary arrangements which suit the Colonial

Administrative Service generally.

When Mr. N.L.

Smith wrote his despatch, No.9 in 53725/37, the terms

he used Me suggested that his view was based on

rather narrow considerations, and for that reason

we thought that the S. of S. would get sounder

advice if the new Governor reconsidered the proposed

changes