Calendar: 1879-1880 Page 362

civil service classes 361 Secretary King's College or to Mr Walke 23 Heaton Road Peckham Rye Boy Clerks -Limits of age 15 to 17 Salary begins at 14s per week and rises Is per week per year Boy Clerks are not retained as such after the age of 19 but they are eligible after two years' service to compete among themselves for certain number of Men Clerkships They are also eligible for the Open Competitions for Men Clerkships at any time if between the prescribed limits of age Office hours generally 10 to or 11 to Examinations are held at intervals varying from four to six months Boy Clerks are excused the Preliminary Examination for Men Clerkships They thus save the fee of 15s charged by the Civil Service Commissioners for the Preliminary Exami- nation and are enabled at once to devote their entire attention to the Final Examination They can also give more time to the special subjects in the latter examination as by studying for Boy Clerkships they have rendered themselves more or less proficient in the elementary subjects Boy Copyists are therefore strongly advised to press on for Boy Clerkships Boy Copyists -Limits of age 14 to 18 Rate of pay id per hour The attention of Boy Copyists is directed to the preceding paragraph Men Copyists -Candidates may be of any age over 18 Rate of pay 10c per hour Examinations for Men and Boy Copyists are held at intervals of about two or three months Hours of employ- ment from &z to seven per day Holidays with pay fortnight per year in addition to the Bank Holidays &c OUTDOOR CUSTOMS MR WALKE Book required -Barnard Smith's Arithmetic Macmillan 4s 6d Rooks recommended -Spelling Vocabulary Chambers 6c Ryan's Civil Service Examination Papers Simpkin 2s