Calendar: 1888-1889 Page 485

civil service classes 477 Subjects of Exariiination -Handwriting highest marks attainable 400 Orthography 400 Arithmetic 300 Tots 100 English Composition 200 Geography 200 Copying Manuscript 200 Books required -Brook-Smith's Arithmetic Macmillan 4s 6c Gill's Imperial Geography Gill 23 Warwick Lane Paternoster Row 2s 6c Boy Clerks and Customs Arith- metic Papers 8c to be had at the College by Students only Recommended -Spelling Vocabulary Chambers 6c Abbott's How to Write Clearly for Composition Seeley Is 6c Collins's Progressive Atlas Is 6c King's College Tots 6c to be had at the College by Students only Boy Clerics -Limits of age 15 and 17 rate of pay 14s per week rising Is per week per year Boy Clerks are not retained 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 after one year's service to compete among themselves for Men Clerkships they are also eligible for the Open Com- petitions 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 maximum limit of age for Men Clerkships equal to such period and 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 from four to seven months -EXCISE See page 472 for arrangements that are common to all Classes in Division Competitions are generally held twice year-in May and November Courses of preparation commence about the end of Decern- ber and June and continue until the May and November