Lastly, Hints to Candidates relative to the Nature of the Examinations prescribed for the several Departments ; the Mode in which the Examinations are conducted ; Books selected by the Commissioners in their Examinations ; Salaries of all the Officers; Superannuation Allowance (for any period of service) to which Officers are entitled on Retirement; and General Observations.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

I. LIMITS OF AGE PRESCRIBED FOR ADMISSION TO THE

VARIOUS CIVIL DEPARTMENTS

17

II. DIFFERENT STANDARDS OF QUALIFICATION ESTA-

BLISHED BY THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS

22

III. EXAMINATION PAPERS SET TO CANDIDATES.

38

41

42

46

47

52

57

1. GEOGRAPHY-

For Clerkships in the Customs

For Constabulary in Ireland

Por Inland Revenue and all other Offices, where Geography is

required, excepting Customs

For Clerkships in the Office of the Committee of Council on

Education

For India Board

For Unpaid Attaché

Miscellaneous Questions used at various Examinations

For Customs and Lower Offices

For Inland Revenue and Higher Offices

2. HISTORY

For Customs, Inland Revenue and other Offices

3. OUTLINES OF HISTORY

For Clerkships in the War Department

4. MODERN HISTORY

For Clerkships in the Office of the Committee of Council on

Education

For “Final Examination ” for Colonial Office

For Inland Revenue

For Unpaid Attaché

58

63

65

67

68

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.

87

5. HISTORY OF ENGLAND AND THE CONSTITUTION-

For Clerkships in the Parliament Office or House of Commons 72

Miscellaneous Questions used at various Examinations

74

For Competitive Examination

79

6. HISTORY OF INDIA

For India House

81

7. BOOK-KEEPING-

For Education Office

81

For Temporary and Dockyard Clerkships in the Admiralty 84

For Admiralty at Somerset House, Office of Works, &c

For Supplementary Clerkships in the Treasury

90

For Clerkship in Colonial Office

93

For Inland Revenue

95

8. ENGLISH COMPOSITION-

For Clerkships in the Office of the Committee of Council for

Education

102

For War Office

104

For Constabulary in Ireland

105

9. WRITING FROM DICTATION

For Tide-Waiters, Weighers, Letter-Carriers, &c.

. 105

For Clerks, and similar Officers

106

10. ORTHOGRAPHY-

For Clerks and similar Officers

109

11. PRECIS OF CORRESPONDENCE

113

12. ABSTRACT OF PAPERS

119

13. INDEXING.

For Supplementary Clerkships in Treasury

119

14. ARITHMETIC-

For all Candidates who are required to show a knowledge of

Arithmetic, except Tide-Waiters, Weighers, Letter-Carriers,

Mail Guards, and Messengers

120

15. ARITHMETIC (ELEMENTARY)-

For Temporary Clerks in the War Department, Post Office Pro-

vincial Clerks, Tide-Waiters and Weighers

122

For Letter Carriers and Mail Guards

125

For all Candidates who are required to show a knowledge of

“ Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions”

127

Miscellaneous Questions

For Clerkships in the Post Office at Dublin, Edinburgh, and

London, the Metropolitan Police_Courts, the Department of

Science and Art, the Board of Trade (Supplementary), the

Board of Fisheries (Scotland) and the Prisons Department · 131

For Competitive Examination for the War Department .

133

For Competitive Examination for Committee of Council on

Education

134

Miscellaneous Questions .

136

For Competitive Examination

. 143

IV. PAPERS SET BY OFFICERS OF CUSTOMS, EXCISE, AND POST-

OFFICE, FOR LOCAL EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED UNDER THE

AUTHORITY OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS.

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For Extra Clerk of Customs at Newcastle

145

For Tide-Waiter

146

For Tide-Waiter and Boatman

For Post Office

147

For Expectants of Excise

149

1. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-

For Tide-Waiters and Weighers

149

2. AVERAGES AND PER-CENTAGES-

For Office of the Committee of Council for Education, and for the

Constabulary in Ireland

150

3. LAW OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Used in Voluntary Examinations

152

4. REAL PROPERTY LAW (ELEMENTARY)

Used in Voluntary Examinations

152

5. REAL PROPERTY LAW-

Used in Voluntary Examinations

15

6. Scotch LAW-

Used in Voluntary Examinations

153

7. MERCANTILE AND COMMERCIAL LAW-

For Candidates for the Consular Service, who are required to show

“a sufficient knowledge of British Mercantile and Commercial

Law to enable them to deal with questions arising between British

Shipowners, Shipmasters, and Seamen.”

154

8. EQUITY_

For Third-Class Clerkships in the Solicitor's Office of the Post-

Office

155

9. COMMON LAW-

For Third-Class Clerkships in the Solicitor's Office of the Post-

Office

156

10. CONVEYANCING-

For Third-Class Clerkships in the Solicitor's Office of the Post-

Office

156

11. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-

For Colonial Office

. 157

12. INTERNATIONAL LAW-

For Paid Attaché

157

13. POLITICAL ECONOMY

For Colonial Office

158

MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE.

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14. EUCLID-(Books 1, 2, and 3.)

For Candidates for the Treasury and Admiralty, who select Euclid

as a subject of Examination .

159

15. EUCLID—(Books 4, 6, and 11.)

Used in Voluntary Examinations

161

16. ALGEBRA

Used in Voluntary Examinations

161

17. EUCLID, ALGEBRA, AND TRIGONOMETRY-

For Office of Committee of Council on Education .

163

18. ALGEBRA

For Candidates for the Admiralty, who select Algebra as a sub-

ject of Examination

165

19. GEOLOGY-

For Candidates for the Colonial Office .

166

20. CHEMISTRY-

For Candidates for Colonial Office

. 167

21. NATURAL SCIENCE-

For Candidates for the Office of the Committee of Council on

Education

168

22. CIVIL ENGINEERING-

Used in Voluntary Examination

170

For Admiralty

171

23. GREEK-

For Colonial Office

. 171

For Ecclesiastical Commission

For Department of Science and Art

For Board of Trade

24. LATIN

For Civil Service Commission .

173

For House of Commons

For Customs (Solicitor's Office)

For Ecclesiastical Commission

For Home Office

For Inland Revenue (Solicitor's Office

For Record Office
For Office of Paymaster of Civil Services in Ireland (Recordi

Department)

25. FRENCH-

For various Departments

176

26. GERMAN-

For Candidates for situation of Paid Attaché who have served as

Unpaid Attachés in Germany, and other offices

179