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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH NOVEMBER, 1883.
(4.) This should be given on the form herewith. If the History of England or English Literature be named, the schedule should also be filled up.
(4.) A statement of the branches of knowledge in which I desire to be examined.
I have also to state, with reference to Section 2, Clause (i) of the Regula-
tions, that I am a natural-born subject of Her Majesty.
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Name in full
Address
To the Secretary,
Civil Service Commission.
I am, SIR,
Your obedient Servant,
EVIDENCE OF AGE TO BE REQUIRED FROM CANDIDATES FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.
1. Every Candidate born in England or Wales should produce a Certificate from the Registrar General of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, or from one of his provincial Officers. This Certificate may be obtained at Somerset House, or from the Superintendent Registrar of the District in which the birth took place.
II. A Candidate who is a Native of India must have his age certified by the Government of India, or of the Presidency or Province in which he may have resided.
III. Every other Candidate not producing the certificate mentioned in Clause I, must prove his age by Statutory Declaration, and should also, if possible, produce a record of Birth or Baptism from some official Register; under which term may be included the Parochial Registers of Baptisms, the non- Parochial Registers of Baptisms and Births deposited at Somerset House under Acts of Parliament, the Register kept at the India Office of persons born in India, &c., &c. This Regulation applies--
1. To all Candidates not born in England or Wales.
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2. To Candidates, who though born in England or Wales, cannot produce the Registrar General's
Certificate.
The Civil Service Commissioners reserve to themselves the right of deciding in each case upon the sufficiency of the evidence produced, but they subjoin the following general rules for the guidance of Candidates :-
(a.) The Declaration should specify precisely the date and place of birth, and should, if possible, be made by the father or mother of the Candidate. If made by any other person, it should state the circumstances which enabled the Declarant to speak to the fact. If an entry in a Bible or other family record be referred to, the Bible or other record must be produced at the time of making the Declaration, and must be mentioned in the Declaration as having been so produced.
(b.) If the Candidate was born in England or Wales, the Declaration must contain a statement that after due inquiry no entry has been found in the books of the Registrar General; or a separate Declaration must be made to that effect.
(c.) If no extract from any Register is produced, the Declaration must contain a statement that after due inquiry no such Record is believed to exist; or a separate Declaration must be made to that effect.
(d.) Statutory Declarations must be exactly in the form prescribed by the Act of 5 and 6 WILLIAM IV., c. 62. A printed Form, if required, will be supplied on application to the Civil Service Commissioners.
N.B.-Clergymen who are not Magistrates are not qualified to take Declarations.
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