TABLE G. 1. (CAUSES OF REJECTION.)

Showing the PARticular DeficieNCIES on account of which CERTIFICATES of QUALIFICATION have been REFUSED by the CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS during the Year 1857.

212

Spelling

DEFICIENCIES IN

Reading MSS.
Arithmetic

Book-keeping

English Composition

Language

Spelling and Reading MSS.
Spelling and Handwriting

Spelling and Arithmetic

Spelling and Book-keeping

Spelling and Correspondence

Spelling and English Composition
Spelling and History

Spelling and Language

Arithmetic and Handwriting

Arithmetic and Book-keeping

Arithmetic and History

Arithmetic and Language

Book-keeping and a selected Subject
Latin and French

Précis and Language

Spelling, reading MSS., and Arithmetic
Spelling, Handwriting, and Arithmetic
Spelling, Handwriting, and Copying
Spelling, Arithmetic, and Book-keeping
Spelling, Arithmetic, and English Com-
position.

Spelling, Arithmetic, and Geography

Spelling, Arithmetic, and History

Spelling, Arithmetic, and Language

Spelling, Arithmetic, and Law

Spelling, English Composition, and Geography.

Spelling, English Composition, and History.

Spelling, Geography, and History

Spelling, Précis, and Language

English Composition, Book-keeping, History.

Arithmetic, Geography, and History

French, Latin, History of England and of the Constitution.,

52111

11111

1

1

1

10

10

1

reading MSS.

Spelling, Arithmetic, Latin, French Arithmetic, Geography, History, Handwriting.

Arithmetic, Law, Italian, Handwriting

Spelling, Arithmetic, Book-keeping, Geo-
graphy, and History.

Spelling, Arithmetic, English Composi
tion, Geography, and History.
Spelling, Arithmetic, History, Geography,
Language.

Spelling, Arithmetic, History, Geography,
Précis.

Spelling, Arithmetic,Italian,Handwriting.
Law.

Spelling, Arithmetic, Geography, Lan-
guage, Précis.

Spelling, Arithmetic, History, Book-keep-
ing, Handwriting, Précis.
Arithmetic, English Composition, Geogra
phy, History, Précis, Handwriting.

Spelling, French, German, History, Geo-
graphy, Précis, Handwriting.
Arithmetic, English Composition, History
of England and of the Constitution,
Latin, French, Greek, comparing
Copies.

12

14

1

1

1

5

1

TABLE G. 2.-Causes of Rejection, &c.-continued.

Being an Analysis of Table F. 1., and showing the Extent to which Rejections have been attributable to Failures in SPELLING and ARITHMETIC.

TABLE H.-Showing the EXTENT to which APPOINTMENTS would have been affected, if the EXAMINATIONS in Competition had been restricted to Subjects absolutely essential to the Performance of official Duties.

NOTE. In constructing the following Table, it has been assumed that the subjects relating immediately to practical official duties, are Handwriting, Spelling, Arithmetic, Copying, English Composition, and (in certain departments) Book-keeping. All other subjects re here treated as tests of general ability and information. The result of the 76 competitions to which the Table refers was, that 115 persons obtained situations, and the Table shows that of these nine only would have been replaced by others if the examination had been confined to "office subjects."

TABLE I. 1.—Showing the SCHOOLS at which were educated the CANDIDATES for CLERKSHIPS, &c., in certain of the PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS.*

Viz., Treasury (established Clerks), Home Office, Colonial Office, Foreign Office (Clerks and Attachés), War Office (Clerks, Pall Mall), Admiralty (Clerks, Whitehall and Somerset House), Office of Woods, Office of Works, Inland Revenue (Clerks in the Secretary's, Solicitor's, and Legacy Duty Offices), House of Commons, House of Lords.