II. Clerks, assistants in the Operative Departments. 1. Handwriting 3. Arithmetic 2. Orthography 4. English Composition. IV. Resident Engraver, Artificers, Packers, &c. The character of the papers in these subjects will be similar to that of the papers in the same subjects given in examinations for the Civil Service of India, but English History is not included in Division a. (The marks assigned in the preliminary examination will be carried on to the competitive examination.) NATIONAL GALLERY-PAYMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE. 65 mixed) a. English Language, Litera | b. Latin and Greek ture, and Composition. c. Mathematics (pure and (An alternative opportunity will be given to the candidate of showing his ability to draw a legal instrument) d. Modern Foreign Lan guages, not exceeding three. (The candidate to be at liberty to select any two of the subjects a, b, c, d.) 1. Handwriting 2. Orthography II. Summoning Officers. 4. Book-keeping by Double Entry 3. Arithmetic (first four rules) 5. Correspondence. NATIONAL GALLERY. Attendants or Curators, Porters, and Assistants. * Candidates for these Clerkships are examined with a view to discover if they have received a liberal education and are intelligent. POST OFFICE. I. Clerks in Secretary's Office (3rd Class). (t) 1. Exercises in Handwriting and Orthography (t) 2. Arithmetic (t) 3. English Composition 4. Précis 5. Geography 6. History of England (t) 7. Latin or Greek (t) 8. One Modern Foreign Language II. Professional Clerks in the Solicitor's Office, London. (t) 1. Writing from Dictation (t) 2. Arithmetic (t) 3. English Composition 4. General Principles of Equity and Common Law 5. Conveyancing. III. Other Clerks in Solicitor's Office; Clerks in Mail Office, Receiver and Accountant General's Office, Money Order Office, Savings' Bank and Stationary Branch of Office of Surveyor of Travelling Post Offices; Writing Clerks in Circulation Department; Clerks in Office of Metropolitan Surveyor; and Clerks in Secretary's and Accountant's Offices in Edinburgh and Dublin. IV. Clerks in Travelling Branch of Surveyor of Travelling Post Offices; Sorting Clerks and Counter Clerks in Circulation Department; Clerks in Returned Letter Office; Clerks in London District Offices; Clerks in Sorting Offices in Edinburgh and Dublin; Surveyors' Stationary Clerks and Packet Agents Abroad. V. Postmasters (in certain cases), and Clerks in Provincial Post |