The Censor Liu Lun-hsiang presents a memorial calling attention to the frequency with which various writers have of late addressed the Throne on the subject of the regulations governing the selection of officers for appointments, so much so in loss' to find time to reply to all their memorials. They seem to be one and all under the impression that appointments are chosen expressly for the individuals, losing sight of the fact that it is the individuals who are selected for the appointments, and that the ebiect in view is to secure the services of suitable men to assist in the government of the country, not to satisfy the aspirations of the whole body of literati, Now-a-days, directly men enter the service their one idea is to obtain some provincial appointment, the paucity of posts open to them at the capital causing that branch of the service to be looked upon with disfavour. They regard the expectant stage as something to be avoided as far as possible, and thinking only of heir own advantage, they naturally give but scanty consideration to the interests of the State, is certainly not the best cass of men who seek thus for paid preferment, and instead of being pushed "ar int furtheratice of their own. designs, they should rather be kept the background in order to give their abilities time to develop. in reply to those witers who profess that their sole aim and object is to accelerate the flow of promotion inthe ranks of the service, memorialist would int out that the mumber of posts under government is necessarily limited, whilst there is no limit to the number of candidates for office. The promotion of one entails the absence of promotion for some other, and with all the ranks of the service crowded, and only a limited number of vacancies, it is obviously impossible for Government to have at its disposal such a number of lucrative appointments as shall satisfy the aspic rations of all and sundry for posts of this nature. The matter is in no wise remedied by starting futile suggestions for this, that, and the other alteration in the rules of the service, and memorialist. ventures therefore humbly to recommend that all those who have the right of speech should be ordered to abstain in future from putting forward random propositions for radical changes of this nature, which would only tead to the total subversion of the existing order of things. One and all will then quietly strive to do their duty, instead of perpetually harbouring all, sorts of, vain hopes and expectations.—Reseript alveudy published.
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