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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JANUARY, 1882.

CEYLON CADETSHIPS.

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With a view to supply the Civil Service in Ceylon, Cadetships have been established, the holders of which are required to devote themselves for a certain time after their arrival in the Colony to learn- ing the Native Languages, viz., Singhalese and Tamil.

1. The Cadets are selected by open competitive examination held by the Civil Service Commissioners. The examinations for these appointments will, as a rule, be held in the month of August,

in those years in which vacancies have occurred in the Civil Service of Ceylon, and will take place at the same time as those for Cadetships in Hongkong and the Straits Set- tlements; and the successful Candidates will be allowed in their order to choose amongst the vacancies in the three Colonies.

2. Candidates must be between the ages of 21 and 24 on the first day of August in the year in which the Examination is held, and must satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners that they are duly qualified in respect of health and character.

3. No Candidate will be admitted to the competition who has not previously passed to the satisfaction of the Civil Service Commissioners a Preliminary Examination in Handwriting, Orthography, and Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions).

4. The fees required from candidates are £1 for the preliminary and £5 for the competitive examination.

5. The heads of the competitive examination are as follows :-

a. Latin.

A. Obligatory.

b. One of the following languages:-Greek, French, German, Italian.

The qualifying test for a and b will be translation from the language, but marks will be given for translation into it, and, in the case of the Modern languages, for colloquial proficiency.

c. English Composition, including Précis Writing.

B. Optional.

d. Pure Mathematics, viz., Euclid I.-IV., and VI.; Algebra, including the Binomial Theorem; Trigonometry, including the solution of Triangles; Analytical Geometry (Elementary); and mixed Mathematics, including Statics and Dynamics, treated without the Differential Calculus.

*e. Modern Geography and Ancient or Modern History.

f. The Elements of Constitutional and International Law, and Political Economy.

g. Geology, Civil Engineering, and Surveying.

h. Any two languages included under head b which have not been taken up as obligatory. Every Candidate must show a competent knowledge of the obligatory Subjects, and may

select any two of the Optional Subjects.

6. The selected Candidates will be expected to leave for the Colony during the month of October following the examination.

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7. The salary of a Cadet commences at Rupees 3,000 a year. A free passage is granted, and half- salary allowed from the date of embarkation. A bond must be entered into by each Cadet, and two approved sureties with the Crown Agents for the Colonies, to secure that-in case of his dismissal, in case he shall within four years from the date of his arrival in Ceylon, either quit the Colony with- out leave or relinquish his appointment-he shall, if required by the Governor, repay to the Colony the cost of his passage out.

The subjoined Minute contains the rules at present in force respecting the employment of Cadets. They are, of course, alterable from time to time by the Government.

8. With a view to facilitate the study of the Native Languages, all Cadets will, from the date of their being placed on the permanent staff, receive a pundit allowance of Rupces 30 a month during eighteen months. Such allowance will be drawn by the Cadet only on his certificate that the teacher has been actually and bond fide employed. During these eighteen months of study Cadets will be attached to one of Public Offices, which they will be required to attend for a certain time each day, as may be directed by the Governor, in order to give them an opportunity of learning the details of public business, without interfering with their reading. To ensure a better class of instruction than is now ordinarily obtainable by Cadets, the pundit allowance will be payable only to Masters holding Certifi- cates from the Board of Examiners of their competency to act in that capacity.

9. The Government of Ceylon calculates the Rupee at 1s. 10d. for the purpose of the payment in England of half salary cr pension.

* Candidates who take up History will be invited to name the periods which they have studied and in which they wish to be examined. In awarding marks, regard will be had to the extent and importance of the period chosen and to the thoroughness with which it has been studied.