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  Item Reference: KCLCAL-1887-1888-477

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CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES 475 Students can if necessary be transferred to the Men Clerks' Sections before the expirat on of their fee and proportionate 3eriod of attendance will be allowed Subjects of Examination -Handwriting highest marks ittainable 400 Orthography 400 Arithmetic 300 Tots 100 English Composition 200 Geography 200 Copying Manuscript 200 Boy Clerks -Limits of age 15 and 17 rate of pay 145 per week rising Is per week per year Boy Clerks are not etained as such after the age of 19 They are excused the Preliminary Examination for men Clerkships They are eligible after two years' service or if 17 before appointed ifter one year's service to compete among themselves for Men Clerkships they are also eligible for the Open Com- Detitions for Men Clerkships at any time if between 17 and 20 the ordinary limits of age Boy Clerk who has served period of two years or more can obtain an extension of the Tiaximum limit of age for Men Clerkships equal to such period md this privilege is not lost if he should be discharged at 19 Office hours generally 10 to Holidays with pay from fortnight to month per year in addition to the Bank Holidays &c Examinations are held at intervals varying rom four to seven months Boy Copyists -Subjects of Examination -Handwriting orthography Elementary Arithmetic Limits of age 14 and L8 rate of pay per hour with small annual increase Examinations for Boy Copyists are held at intervals of about hree months Boy Copyists are not retained as such after Jie age of 20 They are allowed an extension of age similar that accorded to Boy Clerks Hours of employment from nx to eight per day Holidays with pay fortnight per pear in addition to the Bank Holidays &c Men Copyists -By Treasury Minute just issued no more ire to be appointed Male Telegraph Learners -Limits of age 14 to 18 Male Telegraph Learners receive no salary during the first three nonths they then receive 12s per week After about three
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