Calendar: 1885-1886 Page 477

CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES 471 and 20 the prescribed limits of age Office hours generally 10 to Holidays with pay from fortnight tu month per year in addition to the Bank Holidays etc Examinations are held at intervals varying from four to seven months Boy Clerks are excused the Preliminary Examination for Men Clerkships and are thus enabled to devote their entire attention to the Final Examination they can also give more time to the special subjects of the latter examination as by studying for Boy Clerkships they have rendered themselves more or less proficient in the elementary subjects Boy Copyists are therefore strongly advised to press on for Boy Clerkships Boy Copyistships Limits of age 14 and 18 Rate of pay 4d per hour The attention of Boy Copyists is directed to the preceding paragraph Men Copyistships Candidates may be of any age over 18 Rate of pay 0d per hour Subjects of Examination Handwriting Spelling Copying Manuscript Copying Figures and Tabular Statements Arithmetic Examinations for Boy Copyists are held at intervals of about three months The Open Competitions for Men Copyists have been for some time suspended and it is scarcely expected that they will soon be resumed vacancies are at present filled by examinations open to all Boy Clerks and Boy Copyists between 18 and 19 years of age Hours of employ- ment from six to eight hours per day Holidays with pay fortnight per year in addition to the Bank Holidays etc Male Telegraph Lcarhersh'ips Boys should not compete for these appointments until they find by competing in two or three examinations for Boy Clerkships that they have no prospect of success for the latter nppointments If while preparing for Boy Clerkships students desire employment they should becomo Boy Copyists Male Telegraph Learners receive no salary during the fir three months they then receive 128 per week After about