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CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES 439 Book required -Brook Smith's Arithmetic Macmillan 4$ 6d King ecommended -Spelling Vocabulary Chambers 6d only Curtis's Outlines of Geography Sirnpkin 6d Richard- son's Smaller Modern Geography Murray 2s 6d Philip's First School Atlas Is Curtis's Outlines of English History 1m 2s 6c £65 per year2 rising by £3 annually to £80 Promotion to higher classes depends on merit First class clerks receive from £80 to £100 per year principal clerks from £110 to £150 superintendents from £165 to £300 Office hours generally from 10 to Candidates for examination must be unmarried and must be between 18 and 20 years of age Ex- aminations may be expected about twice year Female Telegraph Learnerskips -Open Competitive Ex- aminations are held at intervals varying from four to six months The limits of age are 14 and 18 The subjects of examination are -Arithmetic Hand- writing and Orthography Hours of attendance -On Monday evenings from 30 to 30 Fees 15s for the period of six weeks or 25s for two periods Female Telegraph Learners receive after three months' instruction 10s per week After about twelve months' service this pay is increased to 14s per week and then rises yearly by Is per week to 17s and afterwards by Is 6d to 27s per week Female Returners and Counterwomen are pointed from appointments There are few Inquiries respecting this class should be addressed to the Secretary King's College Strand or to Mr Harcourt The Green Chinrford