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CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES 459 than most private employments and though described as temporary are in the great majority of cases practically permanent Examinations for these appointments have been suspended for more than two years and there is at present no prospect of their being resumed Out-door Customs Appointments see page 472 Candidates who are too old for the Excise have the Out-door Department of the Customs open to them age 19 25 salary 55 to 100 with chance of promotion to higher appointments The work of out door officers is at first rather rough but it will be seen that the higher appointments open to them are very good Higher Appointments see page 460 Higher Division appointments 100 400 by triennial increments of 37 10s with chance of additional pay not exceeding 200 year &c &c are only gained by passing the most difficult of all Civil Service Examinations viz the Class Examination As most of them are gained by University men it is clear that if candidate is to have the best possible chance of success his school or college education ought not to be interrupted except for special preparation for this examination Success in the Class Examination is however by no means im- possible to an able and hard-working Student who leaves College at 17 or 18 and being obliged to take employment becomes Man Clerk and devotes himself assiduously to his preparatory studies in his evenings But besides Higher Division there are other valuable appointments such as As- sistant Surveyor hips of Taxes referred to on the previous page Superior Clerkships in India Office Student Interpreter- ships &c see Class with Examinations of considerably less difficulty than the Class and an able and studious Lower Division Clerk making full use of his spare time would have good prospect of ultimately obtaining one of these It will be seen that Class is specially adapted for Lower Division Clerks and others already employed who are pre- paring for higher appointments in the Civil Service In reckoning age for Civil Service appointments