Dockyards and Naval Establishments. I. CLERKS IN DOCKYARDS, VICTUALLING YARDS, AND II. CLERKS IN DOCKYARDS, VICTUALLING YARDS, AND CLERKS IN MALTA DOCK AND VICTUALLING YARD. A competition was held in 1872, under regulations from which the following are extracts : This examination will be held at Malta in July or August, and will be open to all persons, being natives of Malta, provided, &c. [Candidates will be at liberty to offer themselves for examination in any or all of these subjects. No subjects are obligatory.] Except in the case of Natives of Foreign Countries who are specially exempted from literary examination. 9. Plane Trigonometry. 10. Differential and Integral Calculus (elementary), and plane Co-ordinate Geometry (elementary). 11. The elementary principles of Mechanics and Hydrostatics, not requiring the Differential Calculus. Candidates will also be competitively examined in the following subjects; and although it will not be necessary for each Candidate to have a knowledge of these latter subjects, a high value will be set on them : 12. Plane Trigonometry (analytical), and Spherical 13. Plane Co-ordinate Geometry (more advanced), and [No Candidate will be eligible who does not produce satisfactory proof of his ability and experience in teaching. Evidence on this point must be sent in at least a week before the date of the competition. If it prove prima facie satisfactory, the Candidate will be admitted to compete, subject to such further inquiry as may be necessary.] [Dated 9th April 1875.] 20 and 35. 20 and 25. 30 and 50. 21 and 40. In the case of seamen and marines, or persons who have been in the service of the Admiralty from the age of 40, the age of admission to be 45. 21 and 35. Excepting hired men, who are to be considered eligible until the age of 45, provided that when placed on the hired list their age did not exceed 35 years, and that their employment has been continuous from that date. XVII. BUTCHER IN VICTUALLING YARDS Candidates will be subjected to a preliminary examination in the first three subjects, and should they fail in any of the three they will be at once rejected. Those who pass the preliminary test will then undergo a competitive examination in the remaining subjects, and the Candidates who display a competent knowledge of all the above subjects, and who obtain not less than 750 marks in the aggregate, will be classed in one general list in order of merit, according to the number of marks gained, and will be eligible for appointment as engineer students in the dockyards in existing vacancies. 21 and 40. With extension to 45 in case of men borne on the hired list from a time at which they were under 40. 14 and 15. Lists of candidates desiring to be examined at the different dockyards are kept by the superintendents. Those candidates who desire to be examined in London should address their applications to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission. All applications should be sent in before the 1st of May in each year. Lists of candidates desiring to be examined at the different dockyards are kept by the superintendents. Those candidates who desire to be examined in London should address their applications to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission. All applications should be sent in before the 1st of May in each year. The list of candidates is kept by the Superintending Storekeepers of the Victualling Yards. All applications must be sent in before 1st May or 1st November. These examinations are held at the various dockyards, &c., under the superintendence of the Civil Service Commissioners. The papers in professional subjects are, however, prepared and valued at the Admiralty. Note.-As a rule the candidates are examined for the situations named above at one yard only, but cases sometimes occur in which it is considered desirable to examine candidates in all the yards. * These examinations are held at the various dockyards, &c., under the superintendence of the Civil Service Commissioners. The papers in professional subjects are, however, prepared and valued at the Admiralty. + See Scheme xv., p. 55. Note. As a rule the candidates are examined for the situations named above at one yard only, but cases sometimes occur in which it is considered desirable to examine candidates in all the yards. |