THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH JANUARY, 1863.
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9. In June or July 1864, a further Examination of the selected candidates will take place in the following subjects :—
Marks.
1.
Sanskrit,
500
Vernacular Languages of India (each),.
350
*
** Each candidate may name one or two languages. If he name one only, he
must name either Sanskrit or a vernacular language current in the Presi- dency which he has selected.
2. The History and Geography of India,.
500
3. The General Principles of Jurisprudence and the Elements of Hindu and Moham-
medan Law,
4. Political Economy,
.1,000 500
In this, as in the preceding Examination, 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. The Examination will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers, and by vivâ voce Examination, as may be deemed ne-
cessary.
10. No candidate will be permitted to proceed to India until he shall have passed the Further Examination, or after he shall have attained the age of twenty-four years.
11. The selected candidates who at the Further Examination shall be found to have a competent knowledge of the sub- jects 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 Further Examination.
13. No person will, even after passing the Further 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.
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NOTE-(1.) All persons appointed to the Civil Service will be required to attend at the India Office, to make the necessary arrangements for entering into covenant, and for giving a bond for 1,0001., jointly with two suretics, for the due fulfil- ment of the same. The stamps payable by civilians on their appointment amount to 31. 10s.
(2.) The Secretary of State for India in Council has authorized the Civil Service Commissioners to state that, with the view of meeting the expenses to be incurred by selected candidates during the interval which must elapse before they can proceed to India, it is his intention to allow the sum of 1001. to each selected Candidate who shall have passed the Further Examination in 1864 to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, and shall have complied with such rules as may be laid down for the guidance of selected candidates.
(3.) Candidates are at liberty to send in their names and evidence of age as soon as they think fit to do so; but evi- dence of health and character must bear date not earlier than the 1st March 1863.
(4.) Candidates rejected at the Further Examination of 1864 will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re- examination in 1865.
No. 5.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders for the rebuilding of Police Station No. 4, situated on the Queen's Road, East, will be received, on or before the 19th Instant, at the Surveyor General's Office, where all particulars may be obtained on application, between the hours of 11 A.M. and 3 P.M.
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By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th January, 1863.
No. 7.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Calendar of Grants of Probates, made under Ordinance No. 8 of 1860, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th January, 1863.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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