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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 17, 1907.

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No. 347.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR CLERKSHIPS IN THE

HONGKONG CIVIL SERTICE.

1. An Examination of candidates for clerkships in the Hongkong Civil Service will be held by the Board of Examiners on Monday, 10th June, 1907.

2. Applicants for examination must not be under 16 or over 24 years of age.

3. Applications for examination must be sent to the Secretary, Board of Examiners, on or before the 1st June, 1907, accompanied by

(a.) A certificate of age, when the applicant was born in the Colony, or satisfactory

proof of age when the applicant was not born in the Colony,

(b.) Certificates of character from the applicant's Schoolmasters or Employers,

covering a period of three years before the date of application.

(r.) A medical certificate as to fitness for service obtained at the Government

Civil Hospital.

(d.) An examination fee of $10.

4. Applicants will be informed a week before the date of the examination whether they are accepted for it. If not accepted, the examination fee will be returned.

5. The subjects of examination will be the following:-

English-Conversation, dictation, handwriting and composition.

Arithmetic-Including vulgar and decimal fractions and simple problems. Geography.

Candidates must obtain 66 per cent. of marks to qualify.

6. Of the candidates who qualify, a number, not exceeding ten, will be taken from the top of the list and accepted as Probationer Clerks. They will have seniority according to the order in which they pass.

7. Probationer Clerks will receive a salary of $20 a month, and will be attached for duty to any department selected by the Governor.

8. The services of Probationer Clerks who do not give satisfaction will be dispensed with, and they will be debarred from again entering for examination.

9. Vacancies, if any, in Grade V of the Subordinate Civil Service ($480 to $660 by $60 annual increments), existing at the time of the examination will be filled at once from Probationer Clerks, and other vacancies in this grade as they occur will be given to Probationer Clerks in the order of their seniority. If Probationer Clerks do not accept appointments offered to them, their services will be dispensed with.

10. Probationer Clerks receiving appointments will be required to give a full month's notice of their intention to resign, or to forfeit a month's pay.

11. Probationer Clerks on receiving appointments will serve a further term of probation in those appointments, which will usually be three months, but may be extended as the Governor may determine. If they do not give satisfaction during this term, their services will be dispensed with, and they will be debarred from again entering for exainination.

12. When a Clerk is confirmed in a permanent appointment, the fee he paid for exami- nation will be returned to him. In no other case will the fee paid by a candidate who has been examined be returned.

13. Clerks who are confirmed in permanent appointments will be subject to all Rules, Regulations, Orders and Instructions of the Hongkong Civil Service applicable to their appointments.