Calendar: 1898-1899 Page 361

civil service classes 357 paring for Boy Copyistship It is equally important that their attendance should be continuous Subjects of Examination for Second Division Clerkships and Customs Outport Clerkships are the same Handwriting Orthography Arithmetic including Tots Copying MS to test accuracy Indexing or Docketing Digesting Returns into Summaries English Composition Geography English History Book-keeping Books -See General Arrangements Second Division Clerks -Candidates must be between 17 and 20 About nine-tenths of the Appointments arj in London Second Division Clerks rise by annual increments of £5 from £70 to £100 by £7 105 to £190 by £10 to £350 and may reach certain Staff Appointments with higher salaries reserved for Second Division Clerks They may after eight years' service be promoted exceptionally to the First Division They are at any time eligible for the Open Competitions for the First Division and all other Appoint- ments if between the prescribed limits of age and the upper limit is extended in favour of persons already in the service see on 349 Customs Outport Clerkships -The subjects are those pre- scribed for Second Division Clerkships Second Class Clerks rise from £70 increasing by £5 then by £10 to £300 Above these there are First Class Clerks Collectors &c selected from Second Class Clerks First Class Clerks rise from £320 by £15 year to £400 Principal Clerks rise from £420 to £500 Collectors receive from £200 to £1 200 -KOY COPYISTSHIPS New Class These take the place of the old Boy Clerkships and Boy Copyistships Old Class See 354 for arrangements that are common to all Classes in Division Evening Classes and 346 for relative advantages of Boy Copyistships and Telegraph Learnerships Recent competitions for Boy Copyistships have been held at intervals of about three months Candidates who join for one evening week attend on