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432 CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES marks attainable 400 Orthography 400 Arithmetic to 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 6d Philips' First School Atlas Is Curtis's Geography of Great Britain and Ireland Simpkin Qd King's College Tots 6d to be had at the College by Students only for English Composition Abbott's How to Write Clearly" Seeley Is 6d י Inquiries respecting this class should be addressed to The Secretary King's College or 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 7ears' service Excise Officers compete among them- selves for the Higher Appointments which are 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 Assistant Survey or ships of Taxes -Examinations for about Assistant Surveyorships of Taxes will in future be held in January and July and will be confined to candidates success- ul in the preceding Excise Examination Subjects of Examination -Translation from and into either French German or Latin First three Books of Euclid Algebra up to and including Quadratic Equations Book- keeping Political Economy relating to Rates and Taxes Preparation in these subjects is given in Class Assistant Surveyors and Surveyors receive salaries rising bv £37 10s trienniallv from £100 to £400 per vear the 254