Calendar: 1889-1890 Page 499

civil service classes 497 Recommended -Spelling Vocabulary Chambers 6d King's College Tots 66 to be had at the College by Students only for English Composition Abbott's How to Write Clearly Seeley Is 6d Out-door Customs -The limits of age are 19 and 25 No candidate is eligible who is less than ft in in height and 34 in round the chest or who if ft 10 in and upwards in height is less than 35 in round the chest The organisation is as follows -922 Out-door Officers 2nd Class rising by £1 10s annually from £55 to £80 573 1st Class £85-£1 -£100 909 Examining Officers 2nd Class £110-£74- £220 239 1st Class £230-£10-£300 120 Surveyors in classes £300-£550 10 Superior Officers with salaries between £560 and £800 Out-door Officers after three years' service are eligible to compete for the Examining Officerships all the higher appointments are filled by promotion from the subordinate grades Officers are sometimes promoted for business capacity and steady conduct without being subjected to Competitive Examination Recently new Class of Appointments Assistant Examining Officers has been created with salary of £100 rising by annual increments of £3 to £150 Customs Outport Clerkships -It has been decided to fill some of these Clerkships by Examinations limited to Out- door Officers of over three years' service The subjects are those prescribed for Men Clerkships For Salaries &c see Prospectus of Men Clerkships BOY COPYISTSHIPS AND MALE TELEGRAPH LKARNERSHIPS See page 486 for arrangements that are common to all Classes in Division Competitions for Telegraph Learnerships are generally held half-yearly in January and July those for Boy Copyistships at irregular intervals of four to six months