*Controller

Salaries.

10007. rising 401. a year to £1200

Chief Clerk..

5 Clerks, First-class

7 ditto, Second-class

7 ditto, Third-class

5501.

1007. rising 107. (after 8 years 151.)

from 100l. to

500

2 ditto, Fourth-class (not to be continued) 907. rising 107. 9 Examiners of Printing, &c.

15 Warehousemen

13 Messengers

29 Porters:-10 at 36s. 3d. a week; 19 at 27s. a week.

(BOARD OF) SUPERVISION (SCOTLAND),
(FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR).

2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions).

CLERKS:

1. Handwriting and Orthography.

18 to 30

Ordinary Clerks

(BOARD OF) TRADE.

Open Competition.

Limits of Age.t

Clerks in Offices of Registry of Designs, Registry of Joint-Stock
Companies, and Seamen's Registry

Temporary Clerks

Office-keepers, Messengers, Porters, and Extra Messengers..

*The Controller also receives an allowance of 3007. instead of a house.
See note as to alterations, p. 45.

Subjects of Examination.*

I. ORDINARY CLERKS, AND CLERKS IN SEAMEN'S REGISTRY:

1. Writing from Dictation.

2. Transcribing.

3. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions).
4. Précis.

5. Geography.

6. Translation from one Ancient or Modern Foreign Language.

II. TEMPORARY CLERKS:

1. Exercises to test Handwriting and Orthography.

2. Transcribing.

3. Arithmetic (first four rules and the Rule of Three).

The Examination for Permanent Clerks in the JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES' REGISTRY and in the REGISTRY OF DESIGNS is as follows:

1. Writing from Dictation.

2. Transcribing.

3. Arithmetic (the first four rules, with Practice and the Rule of Three). 4. Grammatical Structure of Sentences of a simple character.

I. ESTABLISHMENT CLERKS:

(t) 1. Handwriting and Orthography.

(t) 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). (t) 3. English Composition.

4. Précis.

5. Geography.

6. History of England.

(t) 7. First Three Books of Euclid.

8. Latin, French, German, or Italian,-the selection being left to the candidate, and the test Examination being restricted to Translation.

II. CLERKS IN THE SOLICITOR'S OFFICE:

(t) 1. Writing from Dictation.

(t) 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). (t) 3. English Composition.

(t) 4. Elements of Criminal Law.

(t) 5. Elements of the Law of Evidence.

(t) 6. Elements of Common Law Procedure and Practice.

III. SUPPLEMENTARY CLERKS, SUPPLEMENTARY AUDIT CLERKS, AND TEMPORARY CLERKS:

(t) 1. Handwriting and Orthography.

(t) 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions).

(t) 3. English Composition.

IV. SUPPLEMENTARY CLERKS IN SOLICITOR'S OFFICE:

1. Handwriting.

2. Orthography.

3. Arithmetic (up to, but not including, Vulgar Fractions).

4. English Composition.

*See note as to alterations, p. 45.

(t) Candidates will be required to pass a preliminary test Examination in the subjects marked (t).

1. Handwriting, and power to copy correctly in English, French,

Latin, Greek, and Mathematics.

2. Writing from Dictation.

3. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions).

4. English Composition (especially epistolary).

5. Précis.

6. Account-keeping.