TABLE A. (continued), showing for each DEPARTMENT the NUMBER of CASES dealt with in the year from January 1, 1878, to December 31, 1878, and the manner in which the cases decided in the same

period

have been disposed of.

General Total.

Of Candidates nomi

nated singly.

Of Candidates nominated to compete.

Of Candidates at Open Competitions.

Of Candidates to be registered as Copyists and Messengers.

Who FAILED in Preliminary Examinations.

Who PASSED the Preliminary Examination.

Who were UNSUCCESSFUL in Competition.

For whom Certificates were not required.

Under Scheme I.

For Lower Division.

Under Special Regulations.

After Nomination.

of the O. in C. of 4 June 1870.

Under Clause VII.

Yet to appear, or still

under Consideration.

492

269

100

46

41

1

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