Janus: Papers of Sir Harry Parkes

Manuscripts/MS Parkes contains:
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21	Korea: Miscellaneous papers
22	United States: Papers on relations with China and Japan
23	Treaties
24	Trade papers
25	Diplomatic papers
26	Civil Service: Miscellaneous papers
27	Despatches concerning Parkes' services
28	Notes and memoranda
29	Miscellaneous papers
30	Personal papers
31	Charles George Gordon: Miscellaneous papers
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Papers of Sir Harry Parkes

Title	Civil Service: Miscellaneous papers
Reference	MS Parkes 26
Covering Dates	1855–1879
Extent and Medium	1 bundle

Content and context

Regulations, memoranda, correspondence and other papers regarding the Civil Service.

Manuscripts/MS Parkes 26 contains:

Memorandum on civil service superannuation. A printed memorandum entitled 'Civil Service Superannuation', drawn up 'For the information of the General Committee', summarising a conversation held on 10 December 1855 between the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir George Cornewall Lewis) and Richard Bromley, William Farr and W. Willis, followed by a note by Bromley of 19 December 1855.
1 bifolio.

1855

Regulations for the China and Japan Consular Service. 'China and Japan Consular Service. General Regulations for the Establishments of the Superintendency and Consulates': printed regulations, dated at the Foreign Office, 1 April 1862.
2 bifolios (sewn together).

1862

Letter from Lord Stanley. A copy of a letter from the Foreign Office to Francis Howard Vyse, 10 December 1866.
1 bifolio.

1866

Statement Respecting Foreign Office Agencies. 'Statement Respecting Foreign Office Agencies' (London, 1868) (Command Paper-Accounts and Papers, 3970-I), 14 folios (sewn together), excluding the cover, labelled on the cover 'Private copy H.S.P.'.
1 pamphlet; Fair condition, but the back cover is torn..

1868

Memorandum on Yedo expenses. A manuscript memorandum, probably by Francis Adams, concerning continuing expenses incurred by the author and Algernon Mitford in Yedo, and referring to the pay and expenses of student interpreters and merchants' clerks, dated Yedo, and labelled on the back in Parkes' hand 'Adams Report. Cost of Living'.
2 bifolios.

27 Jan. 1870

Circular letter from Earl of Clarendon. A copy of a circular letter from the Foreign Office to Her Majesty's consuls in China, the vice-consuls at Taku and Tamsui, the consuls in Japan, and the vice-consul at Yedo, 11 February 1870. The handwriting is identical to that of Parkes 16/6.
1 bifolio.

1870

Minute on examination candidates. A copy of a 'Minute' by Parkes containing notes on the skills expected of candidates for the 'Assistants' Examination' and the 'Examination for increase of Salary of £100, known as Interpreter's Allowance', 15 May 1873.
1 bifolio.

1873

Letter from Lord Stanley. A copy of a letter from Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby, Foreign Office, to Parkes, 8 April 1874, 1 bifolio, with a folio containing 'Tables showing how long the Interpreters in China served before obtaining that rank' and a table entitled 'Japan Service. Dates of entry into Service, & of becoming Assistants & of receiving Interpreter's Allowance', undated (1877 or later), and a bifolio, probably used as a folder, labelled in Parkes' hand 'Estimates. Establishment'.
2 bifolios + 1 folio.

1874-circa 1877

Hongkong Civil Service Examination Scheme. 'Hongkong Civil Service Examination Scheme': printed schedules of subjects and texts set for examinations, undated, with a covering letter from J[ames?] Russell, 'The Albany', Hong Kong, to Parkes, 10 March 1876.
2 bifolios.

circa 1876

Regulations for the Diplomatic Service. 'Regulations for Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service': printed regulations as amended by Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury, and issued on 1 January 1879, undated, followed by a circular letter from Lord John Russell to Heads of Missions, 6 November 1860, 7 folios (sewn together).
1 pamphlet.

1879

Letters from Martin Dohmen and John Russell. A letter from Martin Dohmen [Japan] to Parkes, dated 'Thursday morning' (9 January 1879?), with a letter from Joseph Russell, Yokohama, to Dohmen, 8 January 1879.
2 bifolios.

8 Jan. 1879–9 Jan. 1879

O.H.M.S. envelope. The O.H.M.S. envelope which formerly contained Parkes 26/1-11, undated, labelled on the reverse 'Civil Service'.
1 envelope.