Calendar: 1885-1886 Page 474

468 CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES pay of 50 and 14 with 100 100 Ride Officers 115 by annually to 130 430 Division Officers 155 200 50 Examiners 200 438 Supervisors in classes 230 320 123 Inspectors and Collectors in classes 350 800 Chief Inspector 000 Ride Officers and Supervisors receive allowances for local travelling or horse-keep maximum 40 55 respectively and for subsistence maximum 20 52 Examiners Inspectors Collectors and Clerks also receive allowances when inspecting and collecting Officers rise to the rank of Division Officer inclusive by seniority beyond that by examination and seniority combined Collectors' clerks are appointed on application from 1st Class Assistants As about 200 vacancies occur annually rough calculation may be made of the time that will be required to reach the grades of Ride Officer and Division Officer but some allow- ance must in each case be made for vacancies occurring lower on the Establishment Thus it will be seen that Assistants become Ride Officers after about five years' service competitive examination is held annually among the Assistants for about eight Scholarships tenable for two years in the Chemical Laboratory Somerset House During the two years the selected officers receive their full pay and grant of 10 for the purchase of books the best have prospect of future appointment in the Laboratory as per- manent Analysts of whom receive 130 rising by 15 annually to 300 350 20 500 550 650 900 Assistant Survey or ships of Taxes The Examinations are confined to candidates successful in the preceding Excise Examination Subjects of Examination Translation from and into either French German or Latin First three Books of Euclid Algebra up to and including Quadratic Equations Book- keeping Political Economy relating to Rates and Taxes Preparation in these subjects is given in Class of this Prospectus The organisation of the Tax Surveying Department is as follows Chief Inspector with salary of 000 Super-