1. Reading

XIV. Housekeepers.

2. Writing from Dictation

3. Arithmetic (sufficient for simple accounts).

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' REGISTRY.
Clerks, Temporary Clerks, and Messengers.

1. Reading

2. Writing and Orthography

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3. Elementary Arithmetic.

NOTE.-The Chief Clerk is examined in (1) Handwriting and Orthography, (2) Arithmetic, (3) English Composition, (4) Law relating to Friendly Societies.

II. Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.*

3. English Composition

position, and speaking)

4. Geography

* Accountant-Subjects, 1, 2, Arithmetic, and Book-keeping.

5. Intelligence

100

2.1. Reading 2. Writing

IV. Clerks in the Office of the Counsel.

3. Arithmetic (elementary)

INSPECTORS OF COAL MINES,

Lately the Home Office has appointed a Chief Inspector, £1000; 13 Inspectors, £600 to £800; 12 Assistants, £300. to £400.

INDIA OFFICE.

The appointments in this office are now made after an Open Competition; some of them, for instance, Clerks in the Accountant-General's Branch, coming under Scheme I.: and others, for instance, the Book-keepers are appointed after an Open Competition under Scheme II. The salaries of the Book-keepers commence at £80 per annum. Even those who have passed the Examination under Scheme I. must qualify in Book-keeping afterwards.

IV. Door-keepers, Porters, and Messengers.

1. Handwriting and Ortho- 2. Arithmetic (elementary).

graphy

II. Clerks in the Secretary's Office; Clerks in the Legacy Duty Office; Clerks in Offices of Receipt and Account; and

Assistant Surveyors of Taxes.

4. English Composition 200

9. Indexing

5. Geography

200

200

200

200

2010. Copying Manuscript 200

II. Junior Clerks in the Solicitor's Office, London.*

(t) 1. Writing from Dictation | 6. The general principles of

(t) 2. Arithmetic

(t) 3. English Composition

4. Précis

5. Latin

Equity, Common Law, and Conveyancing

7. The Practice of the

Court of Chancery and

Courts of Law.

III. Extra Clerks, Copying Clerks, and Temporary Clerks.

1. Exercises designed to test 2. Arithmetic (elementary). Handwriting and Ortho

graphy.

For Clerks in the Solicitor's offices, Dublin and Edinburgh, the examination is the same as that for the Secretary's office.

IV. Second-class Assistants of Excise and Clerks in Stamp Office.

1. Writing

2. Arithmetic

Glasgow.*

3. English Composition
4. Orthography

V. Stampers, Packers, Warehouse Porters, Binders, Office-keepers. Messengers, and Will Keepers or Sorters.

(Same as for Clerks in Designs Registry.)

II. Temporary Clerks.
(Same as in Board of Trade.)

Failure in any of the following subjects will not disqualify

the candidate.

* The examination is now open to all and competitive, and a large number of vacancies is filled up annually. The candidate is given 12 "tots," a Dictation and an Orthographical Exercise, and a paper of 81 Arithmetical questions. See Specimens in "Excise Guide."

These appointments will be made under the "Open Competition" Scheme uuder Class II.

I. Index Makers.

3. Arithmetic (elementary)
4. Indexing.

LONDON UNIVERSITY.

I. Assistant Clerk to the Senate.
3. Arithmetic

1. Handwriting, and power to copy correctly in English, French, Latin, Greek, and Mathematics

2. Writing from Dictation

4. English Composition (especially Epistolary)

5. Précis

6. Account-keeping.

II. Supplemental Clerks.--Preliminary Examination.

3. Arithmetic, (1st four rules) 4. Reading.

Further Examination.

1. Handwriting

2. Orthography

5. Copying from MS.

6. English Language

7. Composition

8. Arithmetic, (Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, Averages and Accounts).

NOTE. When candidates are equal on the foregoing, they compete in Latin, French, Algebra, (to simple equations), Euclid, (Book I ), Modern Geography, English History,

or some one science.

LUNACY COMMISSION.

Clerks are now appointed under Class I open competition. Clerks in the Lunacy Board, Scotland, are examined in 4. Correspondence 5. Book-keeping-Single En-`

1. Handwriting

2. Spelling

3. Arithmetic

try.