The classification and salaries of the three Courts are almost identical. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3. Précis. Salaries. (Not published.) 18 to 35 18,, 25 Clerks.. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT OFFICE. .. Subjects of Examination. 1. Handwriting and Orthography. Limits of age, 17 to 30 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). Letter from 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Copying from MSS. 3. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, calculation of Percentages and Averages). 4. Correspondence. 5. Précis (including Preparation and Digest of Tabular Statements and of Returns into Summaries). 6. Latin or a Modern Language.* 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). * In Examinations which are not Competitive the exercises in Languages are restricted to translation. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3. Correspondence. 4. Précis. II. CLERK AND STOREKEEPER, CENTRAL LUNATIC ASYLUM, DUNDRUM: 1. Writing from Dictation. 2. Arithmetic (first four rules, and Vulgar Fractions). 3. Account-keeping. III. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS: 1. Reading. 2. Writing. 3. For Assistant Storekeepers and Matrons, Arithmetic (elementary). METROPOLITAN POLICE. Nominations in the Gift of the Home Secretary. I. CLERKS: Subjects of Examination. COMMISSIONERS OFFICE. 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3. English Composition. 4. English Geography. 5. History of England. 6. French Translation. 7. Précis. II. SUPPLEMENTARY CLERKS: 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (elementary). 3. Copying MS. 4. English Geography. 5. English History. RECEIVER'S OFFICE. I. CLERKS: 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3. Book-keeping. 4. English Composition. II. STOREKEEPERS AND ASSISTANT STOREKEEPERS: 1. Writing. 2. Arithmetic (elementary). 3. A knowledge of the value and quality of Cloth, and of the practical duties of a Tailor. POLICE COURTS. I. CLERKS: 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Reading aloud. 3. Arithmetic (first four rules, with Reduction and Proportion). 4. English Composition. 5. Either (a) Geography. (b) English History. Latin, or a Modern Foreign Language.* 6. Criminal Law (if the candidate be a Certificated Attorney, or Justices' Clerk at Petty Sessions). II. USHERS, OFFICE-KEEPERS, MESSENGERS, AND GAOLERS: 1. Reading. 2. Writing. * In Examinations which are not Competitive the exercises in Languages are restricted to translation. |