Calendar: 1890-1891 Page 507

civil service classes 507 Those who join for one evening week will attend on Fridays The instruction given on this evening con- stitutes complete course of preparation Unless their time for preparation is very limited Candidates are however re- commended to attend on Mondays as well as Fridays at least until they have reached an advanced stage of prepa- ration ן Subjects of Examination Obligatory Handwriting highest marks attainable 400 Orthography 400 Arithmetic to Vidgar and Decimal Fractions including Tots 400 English Composition 100 Optional Higher Arithmetic and Mensuration 400 Geography 400 Books required -Brook-Smith's Arithmetic Macmillan 4s 6d Moffatt's Civil Service Examples in Arithmetic with Answers Moffatt and Paige 2s 6d Todhunter's Mensura- tion Macmillan 2s 6d High School Manual of Geography י Allman 6c Recommended -Spelling Vocabulary Chambers 66 Collins's Progressive Atlas Is Gd King College Tots 6c to be had at the College by Students onl for English Com- position Abbott's How to Write Clearly Seeley Is 6c 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 £1 10s to £65 and Allowances when actually employed of 2ft 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 ah ut 26 with £100-£125 990 Officers 2nd Class £115 by £5 annually to £140 368 Officers 1st Class £155-£220 40 Examiners £220 399 Supemisors in classes £240- £350 105 Inspectors and Collectors in classes £380-£800 Chief Inspector £1 000 Officers 2nd Class and Supervisors receive allowances for horse-keep maximum £40 £55 re- epectively Promotion up to the rank of Officer 1st Class