ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XII, Issue 862, 2 October 1855, Page 1 (Supplement)

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.

In our last we quoted a motion on the subject of Administrative Reform, of which Mr. Layard had given notice in the House of Commons. We now subjoin the amendments to the same of which simultaneous notice was given :— | "Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, as an amendment to Mr. Layard's motion on administratiTe reform, to moye — 'That this House reconmends to the earliest attention of her Majesty's Ministers the necessity of a careful revision of our various official establishments with a view to simplify and facilitate the transaction of public business, and, by instituting judicious tests of merit as well as by removing obstructions to its air promotion and legitimate rewards, to secure to tae services of the State the largest available proportion of the energy and intelligence for which the people of this country are distinguished." "Mr. Vincent Scully— Administrative Reform— That a humble address be presented to her Majesty, thanking her Majesty for her most gracious order in Council, of the 21st day of May last, by which certain persons ■were directed to examine into and certify the qual fications of all young men proposed to be appointed to junior situations in any department of the civil service ; and praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to modify such order, by directing the examination to be an open one, and held in public, and that the examiners do have regard to superior qualifications and merit ; and praying also that a similar order, or orders, in Council be issued as to the military, naval, diplomatic, and consular services, with the view to secure the greater efficiency in all departments of the public sprvice." ,