484 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1865.
In these Examinations, as in the open competition, the merit of the candidates examined will be estimated by marks, and the number set opposite to each subject denotes the greatest number of marks that can be obtained in respect of it at any ong Examination. The Examination will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers, and by viva voce Examination, as may be deemed necessary, The marks obtained at each of such periodical Examinations will be added to those previously or subsequently obtained. The last of these Examinations will be held at the close of the second year of proba ion, and will be called the "Final Examination," at which it will be decided whether a selected candidate is qualified
for the Civil Service of India.
10. No candidate will be permitted to proceed to India until he shall have passed the Final Examination, and received a certificate of qualification from the Civil Service Commissioners, or after he shall have attained the age of twenty-four years. 11. The selected candidates who at the Final Examination shall be found to have a competent knowledge of the subjects specified in Regulation 9. shall be adjudged to have passed, and to be entitled to be appointed to the Civil Service of India.
12. The seniority in the Civil Service of India of the selected candidates shall be determined according to the order in which they stand on the list resulting from the Final Examination.
13. No person will, even after passing the Final Examination, be allowed to proceed to India unless he shall comply with the regulations in force, at the time, for the Civil Service of India, and shall be of sound bodily health and good moral character. The Civil Service Commissioners will require such further evidence on these points as they may deem necessary before granting their Certificate of Qualification.
14. Applications from persons desirous to be admitted as candidates are to be addressed to the Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners, Dean's Yard, London, S.W.
NOTE (1.) The Secretary of State for India in Council has authorized the Civil Service Commissioners to state that it is his intention to allow the sum of 1001. for the first year of probation and 2001. for the second year to each selected. candidate who skall have passed the required Examinations to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, and shall have complied with such rules as may be laid down for the guidance of selected candidates.
(2.) All selected candidates will be required, at the commencement of the 2nd year of probation, to attend at the India Office, to make the necessary arrangements for entering into covenants (binding themselves, amongst other things, to refund in certain cases the amount of their allowance in case of their failing to proceed to India), and for giving a bond for 1 0001, jointly with two sureties for the due fulfilment of the same. The stamps payable by civilians on their appointment amount to 31. 10s.
(3.) Candidates rejected at the Final Examination of 1868 will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-examination.
No. 149.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
On the nomination of the Honorable the ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, His Excellency the ACTING GOVERNOR has been pleased to appoint Mr. H. J. HOLMES, Clerk of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction to be Clerk to the CHIEF JUSTICE, vice A. G. PROCTOR, deceased.
By Order,
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th September, 1865,
No. 145.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, under the terms of Section 3 of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, and Section I of Ordinance No. 7 of 1858, Thursday the 26th day of October next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Police Magistrates' Office, at 11 o'Clock in the forenoon of that day, for the purpose of considering Applications for Licenses for the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors during the Year commencing on 1st December next.
Applications for such Licenses must be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Office at least Ten days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed by the above quoted Section of the first mentioned Ordinance, and no Application will, after that period, be received for submission to the Sessions.
Printed Forms of Applications may be obtained by intending Applicants at the Police Magistrates' Office between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd September, 1865.
No. 146.
GOVERNMENT NTIFICATION.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Tenders will be received between the hours of 11 A.M. and 3 P.M. at the Surveyor General's Office, until the 30th November, 1865, for the privilege of farming all granite quarries in Hongkong and Kowloon during the year, 1866.
Persons desirous of tendering are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office to obtain a proper form of tender and to register their names and address.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd September, 1865.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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