Calendar: 1882-1883 Page 440

438 CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES years' training they receive Commissions in Her Majesty's Navy as Assistant Engineers and pass through course of higher instruction at the Royal Naval College Greenwich Full pay including mess allowances -Assistant Engineers first year £137 next three or four years £164 per year Assistants then become Engineers with salaries rising from £191 to £246 At about the age of 36 Engineers become Chief Engineers with salaries rising from £264 to £429 As vacancies occur Chief Engineers are appointed Inspectors of Machinery and receive from £500 to £680 per year Chief Engineers and some Engineers also receive charge money varying from £20 to £100 per year After about thirty years' service an Engineer Officer who has been pro- moted 111 the usual course can secure retirement of from £400 to £450 per year Assistant and Junior Engineers rank with Naval Sub-Lieutenants Senior Engineers with Naval Lieutenants Chief Engineers with Commanders and Inspectors of Machinery with Captains in the Navy and Colonels in the Army VII FEMALE CLERKS AND FEMALE TELEGRAPH LEARNERS MR HARCOURT Female Clerics Hours of attendance -On Monday and Thursday Evenings from 30 to 30 cloak-room for ladies is provided Fees -for the period of six weeks 25s for two periods £2 5s Students are recommended to join the Class at the beginning of the course but there are admissions at intervals of six weeks Subjects of Examination -Handwriting Spelling Arith- metic Composition Geography and History