Table 1. Showing the number of examinations held for the departmental, railway mail, and Indian services, the number of competitors, and the number that passed and the number that failed in each State. 2. Showing the number examined for the Railway Mail Service, the number that passed and that failed, and the legal residence, aver- 3. Showing the number examined for copyist and for clerk, depart- mental service, the number that passed and that failed, the legal residence, average age, and education 4. Showing the number who took special examinations for the depart- mental service, the number that passed and that failed, the legal 9. Showing the number examined for promotion in the War Depart- ment, the number that passed and that failed, and the percentage 10. Showing the number examined for the classified customs service, the number that passed and that failed, average age, and educa- 11. Showing the number examined for promotion in the New York cus- tom-house, the grades for which examinations were held, the num- POST-OFFICE SERVICE. ENTIRE CLASSIFIED SERVICE. 13. Summary of preceding tables, showing for all grades of competitors in all the branches of the classified service, the number examined, the number that passed and that failed, the average age and edu- 14. Showing by States names of those appointed in the departmental service charged to the apportionment and the apportionment .... 22. Showing the ratio of females to the whole number of persons ex- amined and to the whole number who passed the examinations for different branches of the service from January 16, 1886, to Juno 30, 1892.. 23. Showing for all branches of the classified service the number ex- amined, the number who failed, and the percentage of failures, the number who passed, the number appointed, and the percent- age of those that passed who were appointed, since July 16, 1883. 152 NINTH REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. JULY 1, 1891, TO JUNE 30, 1892. WASHINGTON, D. C., November 1, 1892. SIR: During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1892, the post offices at Allegheny, Pa., Scranton, Pa., Paterson, N. J., Portland, Oregon, Dayton, Ohio, and Lynn, Mass., have been classified. Since the close of the fiscal year the post-office at Lowell, Mass., has also been classified, making the whole number of classified post-offices at this time fifty-three. From July 1, 1891, to June 30, 1892, 3,919 applicants were examined for the departmental service at Washington, of whom 2,604 passed and 1,315 failed to pass; for the Railway Mail Service 4,597 were examined, 2,949 passed and 1,648 failed to pass; for the customs service 1,624 were examined, 962 passed and 662 failed to pass; for the postal service 9,162 were examined, 5,551 passed and 3,611 failed to pass; for the Indian service 158 were examined, 94 passed and 64 failed to pass. The whole number examined for the five branches of the classified service was 19,460, of whom 12,160 passed and 7,300 failed to pass. Compared with the previous year this shows an increase of 386 in the whole number examined, a decrease in the whole number who passed of 626, and an increase in the whole number who failed to pass of 1,012. The whole number appointed in the year covered by this report is as follows: Departmental service, 478; customs service, 161; postal service, 2,113; Railway Mail Service, 1,199; and Indian service, 10; total, 3,961; a decrease of 1,434 over the previous year. The tables showing in detail the result of the year's work will be found in the appendix. The appendix also contains the law, rules and regulations, classifications, rulings, specimen questions, and other important matters. APPOINTMENT OF WOMEN. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, there were 147 women appointed upon competitive examination in the departmental service, exclusive of those appointed to the grade of printer's assistant in the the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. During the same period there were 776 men appointed, showing the proportion of women to men of a little less than one to five. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1892, the period covered by this report, the number of women appointed in the departmental service upon competitive examination, excluding those appointed as printers' assistants in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, was 86, and the number of men appointed was 245, showing the proportion of women to men of a little more than one in three, a very decided increase in the proportion of women to men over the last year. It is difficult to account for this change, but attention is called to the fact as one of general interest and as probably showing that the prejudice which has heretofore existed to some extent against the appointment of women to the classified service is gradually disappearing. PROMOTION OF WOMEN. The same condition of things is shown in the matter of the promotion of women in the Departments, since promotions in the Departments have been based upon the efficiency record kept in pursuance of the order of the President and the competitive examinations which have supplemented that record. The reports of promotions made to this Commission by the heads of Departments during the last six months of the year covered by this report show that there has been a decided increase in the number of women promoted to the higher grades in the service. These promotions have been won on the basis of the efficiency records kept in the Departments and the close competitive tests which have supplemented those records, and show that when women in the public service have a fair and even chance with the men they win their full share of the more lucrative and responsible positions. It has been noticed that this is especially true with reference to those who have come into the service through the competitive examinations of the Commission. PROGRESS OF WORK. The Commission has throughout the year steadily endeavored to raise still higher the standard of obedience to the law. EXTENSION TO FISH COMMISSION. During the fiscal year a small extension of the classified service was made, to include the employés of the Fish Commission, about 130 in all. |