The Burma Gazette Rangoon Saturday January 22nd 1921

The exact conditions of future examinations cannot at present be announced as the details of the syllabus are still under consideration but the Secretary of State has been in consultation with the Civil Service Commissioners and with the Universities in the United Kingdom with regard to the age of entry and the period of probation and has arrived at the conclusion that it is in the best interest [...] 9. Promotion from the Provincial Service.—The Commission recommended some reduction in the number of listed " posts but the Government of India have decided not to reduce the chances of promotion open to officers of the Provincial Service until they are in a position to appreciate more accurately than is possible at present the effect of the rules now framed regarding direct recruitment to the In [...] The name of the undermentioned is to be added to those brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in the held in the North-West Frontier. [...] The remedy must ultimately lie in the formation by the State of forests in the midst of the more densely populated tracts for the State cannot be content with concerning itself with the preservation of forest required for climatic reasons for the protection of water sources or for the production of valuable timber. [...] The proposals of the Pub ic Services Commission in respect of the introduction of recruitment in India and the promotion of Provincial service officers to listed pests in the Imperial service came under consideration during the quinquennium but filial conclusions were not reached till after the close of the period.