receive pay for the hours, or part of hours, during which they actually attend. 15. No person who has been trained, either wholly or partially, at the public expense, for the occupation of a teacher in schools in connection with the Committee of Council for Education, or the Board of National Education, Ireland, is eligible for employment as a Copyist, until the consent of those departments, given in conformity with rules sanctioned by the Lords of the Treasury, has been notified to the Civil Service Commissioners. Persons employed in any branch of the Public Service, whether Civil, Naval, or Military, will not be eligible, unless they produce to the Civil Service Commissioners the written permission of the authorities of their department to attend the examination, dated before the commencement of the said examination. 16. Copyists are not intended to travel during an engagement, nor will they, as a rule, be required to accept engagements at a distance from their residence; but any Copyist who may be ordered to travel will be allowed such reasonable and customary expenses as the Lords of the Treasury may in each case approve. REGULATIONS FOR TEMPORARY MESSENGERS. A list of persons eligible for occasional employment as Messengers, Porters, &c., in Government Departments will be kept by the Civil Service Commissioners. The limits of age will be (a) For Men Messengers-over 20. (b) For Boy Messengers-13 to 15. For the present the list of Men Messengers will be limited to the following classes of persons, viz., persons nominated before the 19th August, 1872, by the chief authorities of the department in which their services continue to be required, and persons who have served in the Army or Navy, Royal Irish Constabulary, or London Metropolitan Police, and are in receipt of a pension for life. Boy Messengers will not be retained as such after reaching the age of 20. Candidates may present themselves for examination, at such times as the Commissioners may fix, at the Civil Service Commission, Cannon Row, Westminster. They must be of good health and character, and must satisfy the Commissioners of their ability to read and write. Whenever the occasional service of messengers, &c., is required by a department, application will be made to the Civil Service Commissioners, who will select a person from the list above mentioned. The insertion of a nare on this list will not, however, imply a certainty of employment; it will merely render a candidate eligible for employment in case there should be a demand for his services. The pay of persons selected for such services will be at the under-mentioned rates: MEN. To those engaged for less than a week, 6d. per hour; and to those engaged for more than a week, from 3s. to 3s. 6d. per day. Boys. To those engaged for less than a week, 2d. per hour; and to those engaged for more than a week, ls. per day, rising at 3d. per day per annum when the employment is prolonged for more than a year. The fee payable for examination is 1s. We will now consider those appointments which are not open to public competition. These may be classed under three heads, viz. :— : (i.) Situations filled by limited competition among candidates nominated by the heads of the departments to which they belong; (ii.) Situations filled by nomination, subject to a qualifying examination only, but which may be offered for competition at the discretion of the head of the department; and (iii.) Situations filled under Clause VII. of the Order in Council of June, 1870, which empowers the Civil Service Commissioners to dispense wholly or partially with examination on receiving evidence satisfactory to them that the candidate possesses the requisite qualifications. To obtain any of these situations, influence, direct or indirect, is indispensable. The necessary nomination having been secured, the applicant in due course receives notice from the Civil Service Commissioners as to the time and place of examination, the latter being usually in London for all offices in England, Edinburgh for Scotland, and Dublin for Ireland. It is necessary, however, to caution the candidate that a considerable period often elapses between the receipt of the nomination and the day of examination; the latter of course depending entirely upon the period when the next vacancy in the office occurs. In limited competitions there are generally about four candidates for each post vacant, and the ordeal therefore is much less severe than is the case in open competitions. We subjoin a table of the chief departments for which a nomination is necessary, with the name of the individual or body with whom the nomination rests. It will, however, be understood that this information is liable to alteration. Indeed it is impossible to say, with anything like certainty, that the next appointment to any particular office in the list might not be made by open competition. We can only say that the utmost care has been taken to make the list complete and accurate to the present time. It should be added that in many of the offices where the Clerkships are open to competition, the appointments to subordinate posts, such as those of Stewards, Attendants, Messengers, &c., are still filled by nomination. Constabulary (Royal Irish), Cadets of Constabulary... ... Nomination rests with the Academy. First Lord of Admi- Judges alternately. Home Secretary. Patronage Secretary, Secretary for War. Do. Departments. Education Department, Inspectors' Assistant... tants Education Department (Ireland), School Inspectors and Assistants Factory and Workshops Inspectors' Department Foreign Office, Superior Clerkships, Attachés, Vice- Friendly Societies' Registry High Court of Justice (England), Chancery Division... Common Pleas, do. Nomination rests with the Inspectors Do. Commissioners. Home Secretary. Foreign Secretary. India Forest Department... Do. Probate, Divorce, and India Office, Clerk in the Political Department Judgments, Office for Registration of, Ireland Justiciary, High Court of, Scotland Lancaster, Duchy of Land Office, England Mines, Inspectors of Mint, Technical Situations Navy, Assistant Clerk, Interpreter, &c. National Portrait Gallery National Gallery, England Parliamentary Counsel, Office of Petty Sessions Clerks, Ireland, Office of Registrar of ... ... Prisons Department, Scotland, some situations only... Reformatories (Office of Inspectors of), Inspector's Royal Irish Academy Supervision, Board of, Scotland... Temporary Commissions... Trade, Board of, Technical Posts Valuation Office, Ireland, Valuers Veterinary Department of Privy Council, Inspectors Postmaster-General. Lord Privy Seal. Academy. President. First Commissioner. SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION AND We give below the subjects of examination and the limits of age for each office. The following is an explanation of the abbreviations used : [Sch. A.] Situations thus marked are included in “Schedule A " of the Order in Council of June 4th, 1870, and are therefore open to competition under regulations framed or to be framed, in pursuance of Clause V. of that Order by the Civil Service Commissioners, with the approval of the Lords of the Treasury. The "General Regulations" already quoted apply to all such competitions. [O. C.] Situations thus marked are open to competition, independently of the clause above mentioned. Such competitions are not subject to the "General Regulations." [L. C.] Situations thus marked are filled by "limited competition among candidates nominated by the heads of the departments to which they belong. [N.] Situations thus marked are usually filled by nomination, subject to a qualifying examination only, but they may be offered for competition at the discretion of the head of the department. [N. Cl. vii.] For situations thus marked certificates are granted under Clause VII. of the Order in Council of the 4th June, 1870, which empowers the Commissioners to dispense wholly or partially with examination on evidence satisfactory to them that the candidate possesses the requisite qualifications. ADMIRALTY. [Sch. A.] CLERKS, NEW HIGHER DIVISION. [O. C.] MEN CLERKS, LOWER DIVISION. BOY CLERKS, LOWER DIVISION. [Sch. A.] JUNIOR ASSISTANT IN THE ROYAL Observatory, GREENWICH. Age 18 to 25. Obligatory Subjects:-1 Latin (translation); 2 French (translation); 3 Mathematics, viz. :-- (a) Euclid, Book I. to IV.; (b) Trigonometry as applied to plane triangles; (c) Algebra; 4 Astronomy; 5 Optics. Optional Subjects :-6 German (translation); 7 Mathematics, viz. :-(a) Higher parts of Algebra; (b) Theory of Equations, with special reference to cubic and numerical equations; (c) Spherical Trigonometry, and its applications to Astronomy; (d) Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus; (e) Elements of Mechanics. Candidates are not required to pass in subjects 6 and 7, but great weight will be attached to a knowledge of them. cessful candidate will not be finally appointed unless on probation he shall satisfy the head of the department as to his fitness in respect of the following, among other qualifications, viz. :-Manual dexterity in the use and adjustment of instrumental mechanism; Accuracy of eye in observation; Distinctness of ear in time-reference; Promptitude in decision; Punctuality contingent on variable circumstances. The suc [Sch. A.] ASSISTANT SCHOOLMASTER IN A DOCKYARD.-Age 20 to 35.-Initial salary £120.-1 Handwriting and Orthography, 500; 2 Arithmetic and Mensuration, 350; 3 Grammar and Analysis of Sentences, 150; 4 English Composition, 150; 5 Physical and Political Geography of the World, especially of England and Europe, 150; 6 English History, 150; 7 Euclid, first four books, Book VI., and the first 21 p:opositions of Book XI., 200; S Algebra, 200; 9 Plane Trigonometry, 300; 10 Differential and Integral Calculus (elementary), and Plane Co-ordinate Geometry (elementary), 350; 11 The elementary principles of Mechanics and Hydrostatics, not requiring the Differential Calculus, 300. Candidates will also be competitively examined in the following subjects; and although it will not be necessary for each candidate to have a knowledge of these latter subjects, a high value will be set on them: 12 Plane Trigonometry (analytical), and Spherical Trigonometry; 13 Plane Co-ordinate Geometry (more advanced), and Analytical Geometry of three dimensions; 14 Differential and Integral Calculus (more advanced), and the easier Differential Equations, 700; 15 Higher Mechanics and Hydrostatics, 350; 16 Elementary Chemistry and Physics, 300. No candidate will be eligible who does not produce satisfactory proof of his ability and experience in teaching. Evidence on this point must be sent in at least a week before the date of the competition. If it prove primâ facie satisfactory, the candidate will be admitted to compete, subject to such further inquiry as may be necessary. In the case of a person who has been trained in one of Her Majesty's Dockyard Schools, a certificate from the President of the Royal Naval College that the candidate possesses the requisite practical qualifications will be regarded by the Commissioners as satisfactory evidence. Engineer students and engineer officers of the Royal Navy are not eligible. [L. C.] DOCKYARD WRITER.--Age (for dockyard apprentices who have terminated their indentures, including trade boys who are out of their time) under 23; (for persons who have for three years been Boy Writers) under 20.1 Handwriting, 200; 2 Spelling, 200; 3 Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions), 300; 4 Easy exercises in English Composition, 200. [O. C.] ENGINEER STUDENTS.-See Special Regulations, on a previous page. [Sch. A.] ARCHITECTURAL DRAUGHTSMAN IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL WORKS AT THE HEAD OFFice. -Age 26 to 32. Preliminary.-1 Handwriting; 2 Orthography; 3 Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). Competitive.-1 Practical Geometry and Perspective Drawing; 2 History and Styles of Architecture and Drawings and Designs of Architectural Ornament; 3 Drawings and Designs of Architectural Works and Details of Construction; 4 Architectural Water Colour Drawing; 5 Materials of Construction, their strength and uses; (a) Algeb a, including Quadratic Equations, Progressions, and Logarithms; (b) Rudimentary Mechanics; (c) Specifications, Measurement of Quantities, and Estimates of Cost of Building Works; (d) Distribution of Stresses and Strength and Stability of Simple Structures; (e) Any one Modern Language. Candidates must pass to the satisfaction of the Commissioners in the subjects numbered 1 to 5, and in two of the subjects from a to d. Marks may be obtained in the remaining two of these subjects and e. Candidates will be required to have served in a public or private office under an Architect for at least five years, and to show that they have profited by that training. [Sch. A.] ENGINEERING DRAUGHTSMAN IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL WORKS AT THE HEAD OFFICE. -Age 26 to 32. Preliminary-1 Handwriting; 2 Orthography; 3 Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). Competitive-1 Practical Geometry; 2 Algebra to Quadratic Equations, including Progressions and Logarithms; 3 Rudimentary Mechanics; Drawings and Design of Engineering Works and Details; 5 Calculations of Stability and Strength of Structures, and Calculations (Graphic) of Strains on Braced Structures; 6 Materials of Construction, their strength and uses; 7 Drawing and Design of Ironwork and Details of Construction in Ironwork; (a) Drawings and Design of Ordinary Machinery, and Calculation of Power and Work of Machines; (b) |