Calendar: 1890-1891 Page 509

CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES 509 Recommended -Spelling Vocabulary Chambers 6d King's College Tots to be had at the College by Students only for English Composition Abbott's How to Write Clearly Seeley 1$ 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 £1 108 annually from £55 to £80 573 1st Class £85-£l£ -£100 909 Examining Officers 2nd Class £110-£74- £220 289 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 years1 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 Second Division Clerkships For Salaries &c see Prospectus of Second Division Clerkships BOY COPYISTSHIPS AND MALE TELEGRAPH LEARNERSHIPS See page 498 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 three to five months