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CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES 423 Books rjg Bjjok Smith's Arithmetic Macmillan 4s 6d Todhunter's Mensuration Macmillan 2s 6r Books recommended -Spelling Vocabulary Chambers 6rfV Richardson's Smaller Modern Geography Murray 6rf Philips' First School Atlas Curtis's Geography of Greai Britain and Ireland Simpkin Qd King's College Tots 6rf to be had at the College by Students onk for English Composition Abbott's How to Write Clearly Seeley 18 6d Inquiries respecting this class should be addressed to The Secretary King's College or to Mr Walke Albert Boad Queen's Road Peckham About 200 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 receive about £95 per year for about the first four years after which time they are promoted and receive salaries increasing by about annual increments of £5 from £115 to £200 per year After about 10 ears' total service Excise Officers compete among themselves 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 Assistants when first appointed must be unmarried but can marry after six months' service Eight Assistants of Excise are selected annually by Com- petitive Examination to study for two years in the Chemical Laboratory Somerset House During this time they receive their full pay and grant of £10 for the purchase of books Assistant Surveyorships of Ito-Examinations conbned to candidates successful in the preceding Excise Examination are held in January and July for about Assistant Surveyor- ships of Taxes י Subjects of Examination -Translate from andj either French German or Latin First three Books of Ad Algebra up to and including Quadrate Bqn Β0Λ keeping Political Economy relating to Rates and Tax Preparation in these subjects is given in Class