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civil service classes 411 Vulgar and Decimal Fractions 400 English Composition 400 -Optional Higher Arithmetic and Mensuration 400 Geography 400 Books required -Brook Smith's Arithmetic Macmillan 4s 6d Todhunter's Mensuration Macmillan 2s 6d Books recommended -Spelling Vocabulary Chambers 6d Richardson's Smaller Modern Geography Murray 2s but Anderson's Class Book of Geography can be used by Students who have this book and have not Richardson's Philips'First School Atlas Curtis's Geography of Great Britain and Ireland Simpkin 6d Kings College Tots 6d to be had at the College by Students only Abbott's How to Write Clearly" Seeley Is 6d Inquiries respecting this class should be addressed to Mr Walke 23 Heaton Road Peckham Rye About 200 Second Class Assistants of Excise are appointed annually on the result of Open Competitive Examinations held in May and November Limits of age 19 and 22 Assistants of Excise for the first four years receive about £95 per year they are then promoted and receive salaries increasing by annual increments of £5 from £115 to £200 per year After about 10 years' service Excise Officers compete among them- selves for the Higher Appointments which י re very numerous and have salaries attached ranging from £230 to £1000 per year Officers of most grades receive allowances in addition to the salaries mentioned above In reckoning age for Excise competitions persons who have served in the Army or Navy can deduct from their aetual age the full time during which they have served aud persons who have served for two full consecutive years in any situation to which they Avere admitted with the certificate of the Civil Service Commi sioners or as Registered Copyists in connexion with the Civil Service can deduct from their actual age any time not exceeding five years which they may have spent in such service