Calendar: 1891-1892 Page 530

524 CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES rank with and be called Second Class Supervisors anc Second Class Clerks will rank with and be called Officers Assistants The line of promotion however both of Super visors and Officers employed on clerical duties in Collectors offices will be distinct from the line of promotion for out-dooi surveying duties Promotion up the rank of Officer 1st Class inclusive is by seniority beyond that by examination and seniority combined Collectors' Clerks are appointed on application from Assistants The Laboratory competitive examination is help 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 £1 000 Out-door Customs -The limits of age are 19 and 25 candidate is eligible who is less than 5ft in in height and 34 in round the chest or who if ft 10 in and upwards in heisrht is less than 35 in round the chest The organisation is as follows -Out-door Officers 2nd Clas rising by £1 10s annually from £55 to £80 Jst Class £85-£ -£100 Examining Officers 2nd Class £110-£74-£220 1st Class £230 -£10 -£340 Surveyors £350 £550 Superior Officers with salaries between £560 and £800 All the higher appointments are filled by promotion from the lower grades Out-door Officers becoming Examining Officers pfter pass Examination in Customs business Customs Outport Clerkships -It has been decided to fiil these Clerkships by examinations limited to Out-door Officers of over three years' service The subjects are those prescribed for Second Division Clerkships Second Class Clerks rise from £70 to £200 Above these there are First Class Clerks Col-