(a) See note on p. 36.

*The qualifying test is translation into English.

+ Candidates may deduct 5 years from their actual age if they have served in the Royal Navy con. tinuously for that period.

CLERKS (SUPERIOR CLASS)-cont.

7. Latin (translation from and into).

8. Euclid, Books 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6.

9. Algebra, up to and including the Binomial Theorem. 10. French or German (translation from and into, and

speaking).

No candidate will be eligible who does not satisfy the
Civil Service Commissioners in the first six subjects.

II. [o.c.] CLERKS (Lower DIVISION)

Preliminary Examination.

1. Handwriting.

2. Orthography.

3. Arithmetic (to Vulgar and Decimal Fractions).

Competitive Examination.

1. Handwriting.

2. Orthography.

3. Arithmetic.

4. Copying MS. (to test accuracy).

5. Indexing or Docketing.

6. Digesting Returns into Summaries.

7. English Composition.

8. Geography.

9. English History.

10. Book-keeping.

Candidates will be at liberty to offer themselves for

examination in any or all of these subjects.

No subjects are obligatory.

For the year 1880.
"Above 17 on the 1st
of June and under 19
from the 1st Jan." At
subsequentcompetitions
above 17 and under 19
on 1st June of the year
in which the competi
tion is held.

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(10.) Geology and physical geography

(11.) Mechanical drawing of geometrical figures, plane and solid, use and construction of scales, perspective

500

500

(12.) Freehand (figure and landscape) drawing -
Of these subjects two will be compulsory, viz. :-
(1.) English Composition to the extent of a candidate's
being able to write graramatically and with correct
spelling. An exercise will also be given in
writing English from dictation.

(2.) The following branches of mathematics, viz.,
Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry (first four and
sixth books of Euclid), Mensuration, Plane Trigo-
nometry, and the elements of Statics and Dyna-
mics, in each of which the candidate will be
required to show competent proficiency.

A deduction of 200 marks will be made from the marks gained by a candidate in each subject at the competitive examination, except Mathematics, in which there will be

German was omitted from the list of subjects for the competition of November 1976 and 1877, as the candidates selected on those occasions were to proceed to France for training.

No candidate may take up more than three out of these four subjects.