(Series No. 2.)

DANISH.

First exercise.-Translation from Danish to English.

Danmarks Öer have et saa yndigt, venligt, fredsält Udseende, at man, ved i Tankerne at gaae tilbage til deres Oprindelse, aldrig erindres om nogen voldsom Naturbegivenhed; de synes ikke ved noget Jordskälv at väre opkastede, ei heller gjennemfurede af en väldig Vandflod, men snarere at have opdukket sagtelig af det synkende Hav. Sletterne ere jevne og store; Bakkerne faa og smaa og blidt afrundede. Ingen bratte Skränter, ingen dybe Huler minde om Jordens Fódselskamp. Skovene hänge ikke vildt paa skyhóie Fjeldrygge, men leire sig som et levende Hegn om de frugtbare Marker. Bakkene styrte sig ikke ned i skummende Fosser, gjennem dybe og mórke Klófter, men glide stille og klare hen mellem Siv og Krat.

Second exercise.-Translation from English to Danish.

The climate of Canada presents great extremes of heat and cold, especially in the lower or eastern part of the province. The seasons of spring, summer, and autumn are included between the months of May and September. In October the frosts begin, and during November and the first three weeks of December snow storms are incessant. After this period the atmosphere clears, an intense and dry frost succeeds and continues until April or May, during the whole of which time the sky is serene and of a bright azure hue. Throughout this long winter the ground is buried under a hard covering of ice and frozen snow. The snow begins to melt in April and has all disappeared by the first week of May. Summer is then fully established, and the vegetation breaks forth in profuse luxuriance.

SWEDISH.

First exercise.-Translation from Swedish to English.

Om Natur och Historia äro Källorna för att lära förstå ett folk, så är den förras inflytande märkligare på folketi gemen, den sednares på de högre Klasserna, som, satta i beröring med en större verld, af den erhålla en mångfaldigare bildning. Det är arbetaren, i sin svett sträfvande att afvinna naturen fyllnaden af lifvets första, enklaste behof, som okså mest får erfara, att hon i Norden, ehuru belönande omtankan och fliten, likväl aflagt alla dragen af en klemande mor, som ger mycket och fordrar litet. Blott ett härdadt, arbetsamt, förståndigt slägte kunde bebo Skandinaviens dalor och berg, eljest vore det fäloradt; och äfven vår historia återför tankan till den moraliska spänstighet och kraft, som sjelfva det nordiska lefnadssättet utvecklar och underhållar.

Second exercise.-Translation from English to Swedish.

Within doors the travelers were warm, the houses being close, the walls thick, the lights small, and the glass all double. Their food was chiefly the flesh of deer, cured in the season, bread good enough, but baked as biscuit, dried fish of several sorts, and occasionally pieces of mutton and buffalo, which are pretty good meats. All the stores of winter provisions are laid up in summer. Their drink was water mixed with a little spirit, and; for a treat, wine instead of beer, which, however, the people possess of good quality. The hunters, who venture abroad in all weather, frequently brought in fine venison, and sometimes bear's flesh, which, however, was not much esteemed. The visitors had a good stock of tea, with which they treated their friends, and they lived cheerfully and weil, all things considered.

SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION IN LAW (Series No. 1).

[This examination consists of two subjects of equal weight-government and law--and is limited in time to three consecutive hours.]

FIRST SUBJECT.-Government.

Question 1. What is a republican form of government?

Question 2. When did the present Constitution of the United States go into effect? Question 3. Into what co-ordinate branches is the Government of the United States divided, and what are the principal functions of each?

Question 4. In what ways may the Constitution of the United States be amended? Question 5. How may a bill vetoed by the President become a law?

Question 6. To what classes of cases does the judicial power of the Supreme Court of the United States extend?

Question 7. What are some of the powers given by the Constitution to Congress?

SECOND SUBJECT.-Law.

Question 1. What is meant by (1) common law; (2) statute law; (3) municipal ordi

nance?

Question 2. Define dower at common law, and state the distinction between dower and jointure.

Question 3. What is title in fee-simple?

Question 4. What are the distinctions between a corporation and a partnership?

Question 5. What is a common carrier?

Question 6. State the difference between quo warranto and mandamus.

Question 7. What is meant by res adjudicata and stare decisis?

Question 8. What are the leading rules for the interpretation of statutes?

Question 9. What is a contract?

Question 10. State the general rule as to the responsibility of a principal for the acts of his agent.

For explanation of the "relative weights" and of the method of determining the "general average," see clerk examination, p. 190.

The time allowed for this examination is limited to three consecutive hours.

The first subject of this examination-practical questions-contains questions in orthography, syntax, punctuation, marks (punctuation, accent, sound, and proofreader's marks), also in regard to kinds of type, imposing of forms, implements of the printer's art, etc.

The second subject-correction of proof-consists of two or three exercises in practical proof-reading.

SECOND BRANCH OF CLASSIFIED SERVICE-CUSTOMS SERVICE. CLERK EXAMINATION (Series 2).

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Seventh: Elements of geography, history, and government of the U.S

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Total of weights........

For explanation of the "relative weights" and of the method of determining the “general average," see clerk examination, p. 190.

The time allowed for the examination is limited to seven consecutive hours. The first, second, third, and fourth subjects of the clerk examination, customs service, are substantially the same as the corresponding subjects in the clerk examination, departmental service, and the seventh subject is substantially the same as the eighth subject of that examination, pp. 190 et seq. (NOTE.-The omission of the eighth subject of the clerk examination invalidates this reference in part, but sample geography questions may be found on p. 251.)

FIFTH SUBJECT.-Arithmetic.

Question 1. Add the following, placing the total at the bottom:

5, 673, 911, 987 87 44, 376, 013, 705 90 32, 673, 231, 695 25 7,736, 910, 286 16 6, 444, 642, 155 14 44, 297, 763, 429 39 26, 105, 321, 266 57 9, 708, 132, 873 63 8,856, 764, 397 49 42, 231, 001, 161 86 63, 497, 476, 084 03 123, 435, 602, 002 90

Express in figures the following numbers:

Question 2. One hundred and one million one thousand and ten.

Question 3. Three hundred and forty-three million ten thousand and one, and one ten-thousandth.

Express in words the following figures:

Question 4. 3,000,600.

Question 5. 200,002,002.00025.

Question 6. A grocer having a capital of $10,000 invested of it in tea, at of a dollar per pound; % of the remainder in coffee, at of a dollar per pound, and

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the rest in sugar at 5 cents per pound. What quantity of each did he buy and how much money had he left?

• Give work in full in common fractions.

Question 7. A dealer exported 374.319 bushels of corn, receiving in exchange coal at the rate of 1 ton of coal for 15.124 bushels of corn. How much coal did he receive? Give work in full in decimal fractions.

Question 8. A merchant imported 120 tons of English iron, costing 1 pence per pound, on which he paid a duty of 20 per cent. The freight was 5 shillings sterling per ton. What was the total cost in U. S. currency? (The ton equals 2,240 lbs. The pound sterling equals $4.8665.)

Give work in full.

Question 9. The interest of $39,000.00 for 3 years 1 month and 18 days is $8,554.00 What is the rate per cent. per annum?

Give work in full.

Question 10. What is the difference between the true and the bank discount of $7,000 payable in 7 months at 6 per cent.?

Give work in full.

SIXTH SUBJECT.-Elements of book-keeping and of accounts.

Exercise. Samuel Adams, a contractor, had the following dealings with the Treasury Department: He furnished, January 3, 1883, 2,575 lbs. of twine, at 12 cents a lb.; April 4, '83, 25 doz. gold pens, at $25 a doz.; May 7, '83, 645 reams letter-paper, at $2 a ream; July 9, '83, 45 doz. qt. Arnold's ink, at $3 a doz.; October 30, '83, 1,000,000 envelopes, at $2 a thousand; and December 5, '83, 8 doz. inkstands, at $1.97 a doz. He was paid cash as follows: February 4, 1883, $175; April 30, $350; July 15, $700; November 5, $2,300; and December 31, 1883, he was allowed on settlement $45 for cartage, and charged $75 for breakage and $60 for shortage on envelopes. State his account in the blank below, with proper heading, and show the balance, if any, due him.

For explanation of the "relative weights," and of the method of determining the "general average, see clerk examination, departmental service, p. 190.

The time allowed for this examination is limited to five consecutive hours.

The first, second, and third subjects of the day inspector examination, customs service, are substantially the same as the corresponding subjects in the clerk examination, departmental service, p. 190.

FOURTH SUBJECT.-Arithmetic.

Question 1. Add these across, placing the totals in the spaces provided, and find grand total.

Question 2. Express the following in words: 10,111,303.0125.

Question 3. Express the following in words: $1,405,090.625.

Question 4. Express in sign and figures one million one thousand and ten dollars and twenty cents.

Question 5. What is the sum of 7752.5+775.75+77.625+7.6625+.66625?

Give work in full, and reduce fraction to its lowest terms.

Question 7. A merchant purchased 3 hhd. wine at 50 cts. per. gal. He lost by leakage, from one hhd. 10%, from another 5%, and from the other 4% of the quantity. He sold the remainder at 29 cts. per qt. Did he gain or lose by the transaction, and how much?

Give work in full.

Question 8. If a laborer received for his services $2.75 per day, exclusive of Sundays, during the year 1887, and paid $175 per year for house rent, $1.10 per day for provisions, $8 per month for fuel and lights, $6.50 per month for clothing for self and family, and 25 cts. per day for incidentals, how much had he left at the close of the year? Give work in full.

Question 9. Five lots of coal, containing, respectively, 43 tons, 38} tons, 45 tons, 33 tons, and 66 tons, were divided equally among five dealers. How much did each receive? (Ton=2,240 lbs.)

Give work in full, and express answer in tons, hundred-weights, and quarters.

Question 10. What will it cost to carpet a room 13 feet long and 18 feet wide with carpetingyd. wide at $1.25 per lineal yard?

[N. B.--The first five and the eighth question of this subject are substantially the same as the United States geography of the sixth subject of the railway mail clerk examination, departmental service, p. 251.]

Question 6. In what foreign country is each of the following-named commercial cities? Lisbon, Bremen, Londonderry, Bombay, Bordeaux.

Question 7. In what grand geographical division is each of the following-named foreign states or countries? Peru, Guatemala, Austria, Ireland, Nova Scotia.

Question 9. Give the names of two important seaports on each of the following-named bodies of water: Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea, Straits of Dover.