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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 25.

No. 127.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 2ND JUNE, 1877.

VOL. XXIII.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

HONGKONG CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS.

The following Minute by the Governor is published for general information.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th May, 1877.

MINUTE BY THE GOVERNOR.

As a general rule, all appointments' at my disposal in the Civil Service of this Colony will be given by a system of Competitive Examinations, similar to that which is established for the Civil Service of the United Kingdom by Her Majesty's Order in Council of the 4th of June, 1870.

Any young man in the Colony can compete for such appointments.

Each Candidate must satisfy the Board of Examiners that I may from time to time nominate :-

1st. That he is within the limits of age prescribed for the situation or employment to which

he desires to be admitted;

2nd. That he is free from any physical defect or disease which would be likely to interfere

with the proper discharge of his duties;

3rd. That his character is such as to qualify him for such situation or employment; and 4th. That he possesses the requisite knowledge and ability to enter on the discharge of his

official duties.

J. POPE HENNESSY. 28th May, 1877.

No. 128.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

A Competitive Examination for a vacant Clerkship in the Registrar General's Office, will be held at 10 A.M. on Thursday, the 7th of June, in the Council Chamber, Government Offices.

The Salary of the vacant post is Fifteen Dollars a month.

Candidates should send in their names, with any Certificates or Testimonials they may possess,

to the Registrar General, before Noon on the 6th June.

The limits of age for this appointment are 16 to 24.

The following Gentlemen have consented to act as a Board of Examiners on this occasion:-

The Right Reverend Bishop BURDON.

The Honourable CECIL C. SMITH, Registrar General.

NG ACHOY, Esquire.

For the existing vacancy, the examination will mainly consist of translations from Chinese into English, and English into Chinese.

The Examiners will lay before the Governor the names of the three Candidates whom they may determine to be the best, and from those three the Governor will select the person to be appointed.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th May, 1877,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretory.