Calendar: 1893-1894 Page 559

I CIVIL HERVICE CLASSES 557 ot exclusively clerical candidate for Second Division Jlerkship becoming over age without obtaining an appoint- 1ent and still wishing to enter the Civil Service cannot do etter than compete for an Excise appointment the value of v'hich is nearly or quite equal to that of Second Division Clerkship Out-door Customs Appointments -Candidates who are too Id for the Excise have the Out-door Department of the Customs pen to them age 19-25 salary £55 to £100 with good chance promotion to higher appointments No one who has not robust constitution should enter this service for the hours iro very irregular and the duties involve much exposure But it will be seen page 5C8 that the higher appointments to which they lead are very good On the whole perhaps the prospects in the Customs are now as good as in the Excise Higher Appointments -First insion Clerkships commenc- ing salaries from £150 to £250 are only gained by passing the most difficult oi all Civil Service Examinations As most of them are gained by University men it is clear that if candidate is to have the best possible chance of success his school or college education ought not to be interrupted except for special preparation for this examination Success in the First Division Examination is however by no means impossible to an able and hard-working Student who leaves College at 17 or 18 and being obliged to take employment becomes Second Division Clerk and devotes himself assidu- ously to his preparatory studies in his evenings But besides First Division there are other valuable appoint- ments such as Assistant Surveyorsh'qis of Taxes Eastern Cadetships Student Interpreterships &c see Division II of this Department with Examinations of considerably less difficulty and an able and studious Second Division Clerk making full use of his spare time1 would have good prospect of ultimately obtaining one of these It will be seen that Division II of this Department is specially adapted for Second Division Clerks and others already employed who are preparing for higher appointment in the Civil Service