Calendar: 1898-1899 Page 367

CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES 363 ASSISTANT CLERKS ABSTRACTOR CLASS AND MALE SORTERS IN POST OFFICE See 354 for arrangements that are common to all classes in Division ך Evening Classes Competitions for Assistant Clerks are held just after the beginning and the middle of the year Open Competitions for Male Sorters are held every few months The general classes meet on Thursdays from 45 to Fees -One period of about 10 weeks £1 5s two periods £2 5s Subjects of Examination for Assistant Clerks -Hand- writing Orthography Arithmetic including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions English Composition Digesting Returns into Summaries Subjects of Examination for Male Sorters -Handwriting Orthography Arithmetic including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions English Composition Geography General Books -See General Arrangements Assistant Clerks -These appointments are limited to Boy Clerks and Boy Copyists serving or who have served in the Civil Service The age is 19 to 21 and the salary £55 to £150 Male Sorters -Age 18 to 21 Pay 18s per week until 19 years of age and competent then £52 year rising by £6 year to £160 Hours per day partly in the early morning and partly in the evening DIVISION CORRESPONDENCE CLASSES FOR PROVINCIAL CANDIDATES Braginton Cantab and Hinks Assisted by Miss Braginton London True Value of Correspondence Correspondence is recommended to those only who are be-