15. A moderate civil list* comprising the salaries of the Governor and his Private Secretary and some of the principal officers in the civil service of the colony is reserved by the Order.

16. The Governor is required to reserve for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure bills which repeal, alter or amend, or are inconsistent with any provision of the Order, and power is reserved to Her Majesty, by Order in Council, to revoke, alter, or amend the Order.

17. Having now noticed the principal provisions of the Order in Council it only remains for me to request you to issue the necessary Proclamations under the 25th and 53rd clauses so as to enable the first election of members to be held at the earliest practicable date.

I have, &c.,

(Signed)

Governor Sir Henry Norman, K.C.B., C.I.E., &c., &c., &c.

DERBY.

PART V.

GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SERVICE AND PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS.

GOVERNOR OF JAMAICA.

SIR HENRY ARTHUR BLAKE, K.C.M.G. (1888), C.M.G. (1887), F.R.G.S.— Cadet, Royal Irish Constabulary, February, 1859; Sub-Inspector, March, 1859; appointed Resident Magistrate, February, 1876; in January, 1882, was one of the five Special Resident Magistrates selected by the Government to concert and carry out measures for the pacification of a large portion of Ireland; appointed Governor of the Bahamas, January, 1884; Newfoundland, 1887; Queensland, November, 1888, but did not take up appointment; Governor, Jamaica, December, 1888.

The Governor's Private Secretary.

LORD GEORGE FITZGERALD, B.A. Oxon., 1884. Private Secretary to Sir Henry Blake as Governor of the Bahamas, 1885; as Governor of Newfoundland, 1887, and as Governor of Jamaica, 1889.

The Governor's Aide-de-Camp.*

SENIOR MEMBER OF PRIVY COUNCIL.

MAJOR-GENERAL HENRY JARDINE HALLOWES, entered the Army as Ensign 2nd May, 1855, promoted Colonel 15 August, 1885. Served with BrigadierGeneral Gough's Brigade in the Afghan war of 1879-80, and was present during the march to and subsequent occupation of Cabul, and in the operations at Jugdulluck (mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp.)

Ex-Officio Members.

PRIVY COUNCIL.

Nominated Members.

The Hon. the Senior Military Officer. Hon. Valentine Græme Bell, Director

The Assistant Colonial Secretary for the time being (without salary).

FORMER GOVERNORS OF JAMAICA, &c.

Mlty. Comdt.-Colonel Edward D'Oyley 1655 Lt.-Gov.-Alexander, Earl of Balcarres 1795 Ditto General William Brayne 1656 Lt.-Gov.-Lt.-Gen. George Nugent

Ditto Colonel Edward D'Oyley 1657
Governor-General Edward D'Oyley
Governor-Lord Windsor
Lt.-Gov.-Sir C. Lyttleton, Knt.
President-Lt.-Col. Thomas Lynch
Lt.-Gov.-Col. Edward Morgan
Governor-Sir T. Modyford, Bart.
Lt.-Gov.-Sir Thomas Lynch, Knt.
Lt.-Gov.-Sir Henry Morgan, Knt.
Governor-Lord Vaughan

Lt.-Gov.-Sir Henry Morgan, Knt.
Governor-Charles, Earl of Carlisle
Lt.-Gov.-Sir Henry Morgan, Knt.
Governor-Sir T. Lynch, Knt.
Lt.-Gov.-Col. Hender Molesworth
Governor-Christopher, Duke of Albe-

ADMISSION INTO THE CIVIL SERVICE OF JAMAICA.

Up to the year 1885 vacancies in the Junior or Third Class Clerkships in the several Departments of the Public Service of Jamaica were filled up by appointments made by the Governor, generally on the recommendation of the Head of the Department concerned.

The Royal Finance Commissioners of 1882, however, in their report expressed their opinion that it would be well if the principle of open competition for posts in the Public Service of the colony were adopted; and the Secretary of State for the Colonies approved of their recommendations to the extent of submitting for the consideration of the Governor the advisability of introducing a system of Competitive Examination of nominated candidates. The matter was referred by Sir Henry Norman in 1884 to the Schools Commission who made a report on the subject, recommending a scheme of Competitive Examination among candidates to be nominated by the Governor. The report was approved of by Sir Henry Norman with the exception that the competition was changed to an open competition, the candidates not requiring to obtain nomination, and was put into operation in the year 1885, with the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Schools Commissioners were appointed by the Governor to be the Board to conduct the Examinations, the first of which was held in October, 1885, when 12 candidates competed for 8 vacancies. Examinations have been held regularly every year since. The successful Candidates have been on each occasion permitted to select the offices to which they desired to be appointed, according to the position taken by them at the final Examination.

This system of entirely open competition was, however, the subject of adverse criticism at the hands of official and elected members of the Legislature in March, 1890, and the Schools Commissioners on the request of the Governor have submitted a further report, containing certain additional recommendations, which report is still under the consideration of the Government.

The following notices, which have been published in the Jamaica Gazette, will show fully the scheme of, and the arrangements for the Competitive Examinations as at present in force :

"11th February, 1885.

"The Governor directs it to be notified, for general information, that with the sanction of the Secretary of State for the Colonies first appointments to Third Class Clerkships in the Public Service will in future be made by open competition under Regulations to be hereafter announced. This rule will be strictly applied in the case of all such future appointments, with the exception that a relaxation of it may be allowed at the discretion of the Governor in the cases of gentlemen who are now officiating in Public Offices to the satisfaction of the Head of their Department, and with the exception also that it shall be open to the Governor in any one year to appoint two sons of deserving public servants of the colony to Third Class Clerkships, provided they pass a qualifying examination and produce satisfactory certificates as to health and character.

"It is also announced that appointments of successful Candidates to Third Class Clerkships will be probationary for six months and that permanent appointment will depend upon proved fitness of the Candidate during this probationary period. "This rule as to a probationary period of service and the production of satisfactory certificates as to health and character will apply generally to first appointments to lower grades of the Public Service other than Clerkships.

"The first Examination of Candidates who may desire to compete for Clerkships will probably take place in the month of October next."

"15th April, 1885.

"The Governor directs the publication, for general information, of the following Order authorizing the Examination of Candidates for Third Class Clerkships in the Civil Service of Jamaica :

Order by the Governor authorizing Examination for entrance into the Civil Service of

Jamaica.

"Whereas it is expedient to make provision for testing, according to fixed rules

the qualification of the young men who may from time to time be proposed to be appointed to Third Class Clerkships in the Civil Service of the Island:

"I. Now, therefore, the Jamaica Schools Commissioners are hereby appointed to be the Board to conduct such Examinations and shall hold this office during the pleasure of the Governor, and shall have power, subject to the approval of the Governor, to appoint from time to time such Assistant Examiners and others as may be required to assist them in the performance of the duties hereinafter assigned to them. "II. And it is hereby ordered that (except as may be excepted in the Schedules marked B and C annexed hereto) the qualifications of all such persons as may be proposed to be appointed, either permanently or temporarily, to any Third Class Clerkship in any Department of the Civil Service shall, before they are employed, be tested by or under the directions of the said Commissioners; and no person except as aforesaid shall be employed as a Third Class Clerk in any Department of the Civil Service until he shall have been reported by the said Commissioners to be qualified to be admitted on probation to such situation or employment.

"III. No person shall be appointed to any Third Class Clerkship in any Department of the Civil Service until he shall be reported by the said Commissioners to have satisfied it

"1st. That he is within the limits of age prescribed.

"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 employ.

ment.

"4th. That he possesses the requisite knowledge and ability to enter on the discharge of his official duties.

"IV. Except as hereinafter is excepted, all appointments which it may be neces sary to make hereafter to any of the situations included or to be included in Schedule A to this Order annexed shall be made by means of Competitive Examinations, according to Regulations to be framed from time to time by the said Commissioners and approved by the Governor, open to all persons (of the requisite age, health, character and other qualifications prescribed in the said Regulations) who may be desirous of attending the same, subject to the payment of such fee as the said Commission, with the consent of the Governor, may from time to time require. Such Examinations shall be held at such periods as the said Commission, with the approval of the Governor, shall from time to time determine, and shall have reference to such a number of vacancies as the Governor shall notify to the Commission as either existing at the time of the Examinations or estimated to occur within the period of six months after the Examinations.

"V. When the Candidate, after Examination, has been reported by the said Commission to be qualified to be admitted on probation to a Third Class Clerkship, and has been admitted, he shall be on probation for a period of twelve months or less, during which his conduct and capacity in the transaction of business shall be subjected to such tests as may be determined by the Head of the Department to which he is admitted. It is particularly impressed on all Candidates that this is distinctly a period of probation, and that the Candidate will not be retained unless the Head of his Department can certify, not merely that no serious fault can be alleged against him, but that he has proved himself fit for the appointment he provisionally holds. Should a Candidate, before the expiration of such period of twelve months, prove himself, in the opinion of the Head of his Department, manifestly unfit for the appointment he provisionally holds, such Head of Department may make his report on such candidate to the Governor without waiting for the expiration of such period of twelve months. Whatever recommendations Heads of Departments may make in the exercise of their discretion the final decision shall in every case rest with the Governor, who shall also decide whether such candidate is to have another period of probation in another Department or not.