Now, under the Order in Council of 19th August, 1871, the subjects for the Examination of Writers stand thus :— a day. Age, 20 to 25. Fee, 7s. 6d. Candidates must possess the Minor Qualification of the Pharmaceutical Society, and before promotion must obtain the Major Qualification. Subjects of Examination.-Handwriting, Orthography, Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, English Composition. Assistant to the Clerk of the Furniture in the Office of Works. An examination for three situations. Pay, 1307., rising to 1607. a year, with an allowance of 17. 1s. a week for apartments. Age, 25 to 35. Cand.uates must have had previous technical training. Preliminary Examination. Fee, 10s. : Handwriting, Orthography, Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, in each of which it is necessary to pass. Competitive Examination. Fee, 17. : Knowledge of Furniture and Fittings. Framing estimates of cost of same and repairs. Preparing working drawings and sketches of same. Technical Clerk in the Office of Works. An examination for one situation. Pay, 150l. rising to 3007. a year. Age, 18 to 30. Candidates must have had previous technical training. Preliminary Examination, same as for above. Fee, 10s. repruary for 80 situations, actively employed. These gher situations. nmarried. Fee, 17. Orthography, 200; Arithractions, 300; English Com"in each subject. annual increments of 57. to , rising by annual incre near London, and with a column of figures, on Department) Geon, Geography, Arithand Practice. attain the age of 19; hat he will consider permanent establish ment, in which the scale of pay is 801., rising by 101. a year to 2407. Hours of attendance, 10 to 4 in Savings Bank; 5 to 9 A.M., and 5 to 8 P.M., in Circulation Department. Post Telegraph Boys and Newspaper Sorters. Examinations held in London on several days. Wages, 6s. a week for Telegraph Boys, and 9s. a week for Newspaper Sorters, with a prospect of increase. Candidates must live with parents or guardians, and usually within two miles of where they are employed. The Sorters' hours of attendance are 4.30 to 8.30 A.M., and 4.30 to 8 P.M. Subjects of Examination.-Writing, Reading addresses of letters, Adding a few figures together. Assistant Dispensers in the Admiralty. An examination for five situations. Pay, 5s. 6d. rising to 10s. 6d. a day. Age, 20 to 25. Fee, 7s. 6d. Candidates must possess the Minor Qualification of the Pharmaceutical Society, and before promotion must obtain the Major Qualification. Subjects of Examination.-Handwriting, Orthography, Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, English Composition. Assistant to the Clerk of the Furniture in the Office of Works. An examination for three situations. Pay, 1307., rising to 1607. a year, with an allowance of 17. 1s. a week for apartments. Age, 25 to 35. Candates must have had previous technical training. Preliminary Examination. Fee, 10s. : Handwriting, Orthography, Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, in each of which it is necessary to pass. Competitive Examination. Fee, 17. : Knowledge of Furniture and Fittings. Framing estimates of cost of same and repairs. Preparing working drawings and sketches of same. Technical Clerk in the Office of Works. An examination for one situation. Pay, 150l. rising to 3007. a year. Age, 18 to 30. Candidates must have had previous technical training. Preliminary Examination, same as for above. Fee, 10s. Men Writers may be of any age over 18. Fee, 5s. Their pay is 10d. an hour, or 11⁄2d. for copying each 100 words, except in special cases. Subjects of Examination.--Obligatory: Handwriting, Orthography, Elementary Arithmetic, Copying MS. Optional: Proportion, Practice, and Vulgar and Decimal Fractions. Boy Writers, age 14 to 18. Fee, 2s. 6d. Pay, 4d. to 6d. an hour. Subjects of Examination.-Handwriting, Orthography, Arithmetic (Elementary). A Register of those candidates who succeed in the examination is kept by the Civil Service Commissioners, who assign writers on the Register to such Departments as require their services. There may thus occur breaks in the course of employment, which is indeed stated to be purely temporary, but it would appear that, in fact, employment will be pretty constant. Second-Class Assistants of Excise. Examinations held in several towns in February for 80 situations, and in June for 60 situations. Pay, 601. a year, and 2s. a day when actively employed. These officers are eligible for promotion to higher situations. Age, 19 to 22. Candidates must be unmarried. Fee, 17. Subjects.-Handwriting, 200 marks; Orthography, 200; Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, 300; English Composition, 200. It is necessary to "pass" in each subject. Boy Clerks in the Post Office Savings Bank and Circulation Department. Examinations held in London on several days. Pay.-Savings Bank, 307., rising by annual increments of 51. to 50l. a year. Circulation Department, 457., rising by annual increments of 107. to 80l. a year. Age, 14 to 16. Candidates must live in or near London, and with parents or guardians. Subjects. Preliminary: Adding correctly a column of figures, writing from dictation, and (for Circulation Department) Geography (elementary). Competitive: Dictation, Geography, Arithmetic, including Reduction, Rule of Three, and Practice. The employment ceases when candidates attain the age of 19; but the Postmaster-General gives notice that he will consider applications from them to be appointed to the permanent establish ment, in which the scale of pay is 801., rising by 107. a year to 2407. Hours of attendance, 10 to 4 in Savings Bank; 5 to 9 A.M., and 5 to 8 P.M., in Circulation Department. Post Telegraph Boys and Newspaper Sorters. Examinations held in London on several days. Wages, 6s. a week for Telegraph Boys, and 9s, a week for Newspaper Sorters, with a prospect of increase. Candidates must live with parents or guardians, and usually within two miles of where they are employed. The Sorters' hours of attendance are 4.30 to 8.30 A.M., and 4.30 to 8 P.M. Subjects of Examination.-Writing, Reading addresses of letters, Adding a few figures together. Assistant Dispensers in the Admiralty. An examination for five situations. Pay, 5s. 6d. rising to 10s. 6d. a day. Age, 20 to 25. Fee, 7s. 6d. Candidates must possess the Minor Qualification of the Pharmaceutical Society, and before promotion must obtain the Major Qualification. Subjects of Examination.-Handwriting, Orthography, Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, English Composition. Assistant to the Clerk of the Furniture in the Office of Works. An examination for three situations. Pay, 1307., rising to 1607. a year, with an allowance of 17. 1s. a week for apartments. Age, 25 to 35. Candidates must have had previous technical training. Preliminary Examination. Fee, 10s. : Handwriting, Orthography, Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, in each of which it is necessary to pass. Competitive Examination. Fee, 17. :— Knowledge of Furniture and Fittings. Framing estimates of cost of same and repairs. Preparing working drawings and sketches of same. Technical Clerk in the Office of Works. An examination for one situation. Pay, 150l. rising to 3007. a year. Age, 18 to 30. Candidates must have had previous technical training. Preliminary Examination, same as for above. Fee, 10s. |