VII. Student Interpreters in China, Japan, and Siam. VIII. Foreign Service Messengers.* 1. Arithmetic (first four rules) Italian (conversational 2. Either French, German, knowledge). IX. Clerks in Mixed Commission Courts. 1. Handwriting and Ortho- | 3. French (copying and graphy translation). 2. Précis XI. Supplemental Junior Clerks in Consular Department. 1. Writing from Dictation 3. Arithmetic. 2. Copying XII. Temporary Clerks in Librarian's Department. 1. Handwriting and Ortho- | 2. Précis graphy 3. French (translation). XIII. Home Service Messengers, Office-Keepers, Office Porters, Door Porters, Extra Messengers at Missions abroad ; and others Employed in Subordinate Capacities. 1. Reading 2. Writing from Dictation | 3. Arithmetic (first four rules). * Candidates must be " able to ride and competent to perform journeys on horseback." 1 Reading XIV. Housekeepers. 3. Arithmetic (sufficient for simple accounts). 2. Writing from Dictation FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' REGISTRY. Clerks, Temporary Clerks, and Messengers. 4. English Composition 150 | 9. Intelligence II. Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.* position, and speaking) 100 5. English History 6. French (translation, com 4. Geography * Accountant-Subjects, 1, 2, Arithmetic, and Book-keeping. 100 (including Rule of Three) 250 5. Intelligence 100 150 In Accountant General's Department, Book-keeping 150 instead of Précis. | 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 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 Handwriting and Ortho graphy. 2. Arithmetic (elementary). * For Clerks in the Solicitor's offices, Dublin and Edinburgh, the examination is the same as that for the Secretary's office. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES' REGISTRY. 61 IV. Second-class Assistants of Excise and Clerks in Stamp Office, 1. Writing from Dictation | 2. Arithmetic. V. Stampers, Packers, Warehouse Porters, Binders, Office-keepers, (Same as for Clerks in Designs Registry.) Failure in any of the following subjects will not disqualify *The examination hitherto has not been competitive, and a large number of vacancies are filled up annually. The candidate is given six "tots," a Dictation and an Orthographical Exercise, and a paper of 39 Arithmetical questions. See Specimens. |