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CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES are in London candidates can however choose their locality -London Dublin mburgh or the Provinces Canutes must be between 17 and 20 Men Clerks rise by triennial increments of £15 from £95 to £250 in seven hour offices and from £80 to £200 in six hour offices The most competent of them may receive extra pay not exceeding £100 They may after ten years' service be promoted exceptionally to the Higher Division They will always be eligible for the open competitions for the Higher Division and all other Appointments if between the prescribed limits of age and the upper limit is extended in favour of persons already in the service See note 417 Second Class Clerkships India Office- The limits of age for these clerkships are 17 and 20 The salaries are £80 £90 £100 for the first tl iree years rising afterwards by triennial increments of £25 to £250 Outport ClerL'shijjs -The term Outport is applied to all the Ports of the United Kingdom where there is Customs Establishment excepting London alone The limits of age for Second Class Clerks are 17 and 20 They rise from £70 by £5 annually for Four Years and then by £10 annually to £200 Many Second Class Clerks have special allowances in addition to the above service salary They are eligible for promotion without examination to- First Class Clerk- ships which rise from £220 by £15 annually to £400 and Outport Collectorships whose value ranges from £200 to £500 and still higher First Class Clerkships and Collector- ships are filled wholly by promotion of Second Class Clerks and are together nearly as numerous as the Second Class Clerkships Thus in the Outport Clerical Establishment there are nearly as many persons with salaries of £200 ami above as with salaries of less than £200 From fifteen to twenty vacancies will probably occur each year Outport Clerkships being of much higher value than Men Clerkships will be much more sought and consequently much more difficult to obtain Candidates are advised there- fore not to aim solely at Outport Clerkships butto obtain Men Clerkships as soon as possible and then continue then