Calendar: 1890-1891 Page 515

CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES 515 Students are recommended to join the Class at the beginning of the course but there are admissions at intervals of six weeks Students can join at other times but their fees which should if possible be previously paid at the College Office will date from the last regular admission The Secretary's office is always open for the receipt of fees from 10 to Saturdays 10 to and is kept open all day until the beginning of the class when the admission day is Tuesday or Friday Any one joining the class at the beginning of the course and proving successful in the previous competition will have returned to her the portion of her fee that is unexpired when the result is made known Subjects of Examination -Handwriting Spelling Arith- metic Composition Geography and History Book required -Brook-Smith's Arithmetic Macmillan As 6d Books recommended -Spelling Vocabulary Chambers 66 King's College Tots 66 to be had at the College by Students only Curtis's Outlines of English History Simpkin 667 Dr Smith's Smaller History of England Murray 3s 66 Gill's Imperial Geography Gill 23 Warwick Lane Pater- noster How 2s 66 Collins's Progressive Atlas Is 66 Cume's Composition 1666 Female clerks of the lowest class receive salaries of £65 per year rising by £3 annually to £80 Promotion to higher classes depends on merit First class clerks receive from £85 to £110 per year principal clerks from £120 to £170 There are 386 in the 2nd Class 52 in the 1st and 12 Principal Clerks Candidates for examination must be unmarried and must be between 18 and 20 years of age Examinations may be expected about twice year Inquiries respecting this class should be addressed to the Secretary King's College Strand or to Mr Harcourt Fernwood House Lansdowne Road South Wood- ford י κ κ