Calendar: 1888-1889 Page 487

CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES 479 College by Students only for English Composition Abbott's How to Write Clearly Seeley Is 6d Excise -The limits of age for the Excise Examination are 19 and 22 years Assistants when first appointed must be unmarried but they can marry after six months' service The organisation is as follows 824 Assistants of Excise receiving fixed salary of £50 rising by triennial increments of £7 10s to £65 and Allowances when actually employed of 2s per day in Divisions and 3s per day in Rides averaging £30 per year 315 Collectors' Clerks £100 rising by £15 triennially to £200 -111 with extra duty pay of £50 and about 26 with £100-125 990 Officers 2nd Class £115 by £5 annually to £140 368 Officers 1st Class £155-£220 40 Examiners £220 399 Supervisors in classes £240- £350 105 Inspectors and Collectors in classes £380-800 Chief Inspector 000 Officers 2nd Class and Supervisors receive allowances for horse-keep maximum £40 £55 re- spectively Promotion up to the rank of Officer 1st Class inclusive is by seniority beyond that by examination and seniority combined Collectors' clerks are appointed on ap- plication from Assistants The Laboratory 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 permanent Analysts of whom receive £130 rising by £15 annually to £300 £350-£20-£500 £550-£650 £1000 Lower Division Clerkships -The Lower Division Clerkships of the Inland Revenue Department nearly all £95-£250 are now filled by Examinations open to Assistants and other Officers of Excise of over two years' service and it is provided that there shall be no loss of salary on transfer to one of these Clerkships Assistant Survey or ships of Taxes -These Appointments are now to be made by selection and examination from Lower