Question 10. To what foreign power does each of the following-named countries, islands, or provinces belong? Australia, Cuba, Java, India, Cape Colony. NIGHT INSPECTOR EXAMINATION (Series 6). [This examination is used also for the examination of applicants for the position of opener and packer, messenger, watchman, or usher.] 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 this examination are substantially the same as the corresponding subjects of the clerk examination, departmental service, p. 1950 et seq. FOURTH SUBJECT.—Arithmetic. Question 1. Add the following, placing the total at the bottom: $1,811, 187. 87 3,705. 90 675.25 10, 289. 16 742, 155.74 429.39 6,873. 68 1,956, 374. 20 Question 2. A merchant purchased twenty-seven hundred and nine gallons of wine, from which he sold one hundred and fifty-seven gallons two quarts and one pint. How much had he left? Give work in full. Question 3. A merchant bought 21 barrels of flour at $7.85 a barrel, and 906 yards duck at $0.32 a yard. He sold the flour at $8.35 a barrel and the duck at $0.28 a yard, Did he gain or lose by the transactions, and how much? Give work in full. Question 4. Write in words the following number: 10,501,045. Question 5. Write in words the following amount: $11,103,025.375. Question 6. If the average daily receipts of the United States Treasury for the year 1882, Sundays included, were $1,436,906.77, what were the gross receipts of that year? Give work in full. Question 7. If 99 bars of iron cost $330, what will one bar cost? Give work in full. Question 8. What will be the duty on 10 bales of silk, each weighing 650 lb. gross, at 40 cents per pound? Give work in full. Question 9. At $3.25 per day how much will an opener and packer earn during the year 1887, excluding Sundays? Give work in full. Question 10. Express in sign and figures ten million ten thousand and ten dollars and twenty-five cents. For explanation of "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 this examination are substantially the same as those of the clerk examination, departmental service, p. 190 et seq., except that the first subject consists of an exercise in writing abbreviations. For this exercise the examiner pronounces the words and the competitor is required to write the authorized abbreviations. The fifth subject of this examination-geography of America and Europe-is substantially the same as the fifth subject of the day inspector examination, p. 240. FOURTH SUBJECT.-Arithmetic. Question 1. Add the following across, placing the totals in the spaces provided, and find grand total. Question 2. Express the following in sign and figures: Ten thousand one hundred and one dollars and twelve and one-half cents. Question 3. Express in words the following figures and abbreviations: 10 cwt., 2 qr., 20 lb., 8 oz. Question 4. Express the following in figures: Question 5. Divide a week (of 7 days) into eleven equal parts, expressing the answer in hours, minutes, and seconds. Give work in full. Question 6. At $1.66% per yard, what will it cost to lay one width of carpeting through a passage-way 72 feet in length? Give work in full. Question 7. Add 1.625 and 4.4375. Give work in full. Question 8. What is the difference between the amounts received in one year by two employés in the customs service, one of whom received $75 per month and the other 25 cents per hour, working 10 hours per day and 308 days in the year? 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 this examination are substantially the same as the corresponding subjects of the clerk examination, departmental service, p. 190 et seq. SECOND SUBJECT.—Arithmetic. Question 1. Add the following, placing the total at the bottom: $95, 673, 917, 987.88 8, 956, 864, 397. 49 Question 2. Express the following in figures: Ten million three thousand and one. Question 3. Express the following in sign and figures: One million one hundred and ten dollars and sixty-two and one-half cents. Question 4. Express the following sign and figures in words: $10,500.75. Question 5. Express the following signs, abbreviations, and figures in words. £225 5s. 3d. Question 6. A coal dealer sold to a grocer 5 tons of coal at $6.75 per ton, and took in payment therefor 10 lb. coffee, at 37 cts. per lb.; 2 lb. tea, at 75 cts. per lb.; 20 lb. sugar, at 7 cts. per lb.; 5 lb. butter, at 42 cts. per lb., and the balance in cash. What amount did he receive in cash? Give work in full. Question 7. The standard wine gallon of the United States contains 231 cubic inches. How many cubic inches are there in 1 hhd. 1 bbl. and 2 qt.? Give work in full. Question 8. At 374 cts. per sq. yd. how much will it cost to paint the outside of a tight board fence 6 feet high around a field 200 feet long by 150 feet wide? Give work in full. Question 9. A merchant purchased 50 bushels apples at $1.50 per bush. He sold one fourth of them, being damaged, at 20 cts. per peck, and the balance at 50 cts. per peck. Did he gain or lose by the transaction, and how much? Give work in full. Question 10. If a laborer received $900 for his services during the year 1887, what was his average daily pay, including Sundays? Give work in full, and carry the answer to two decimal places. OTHER SPECIAL CUSTOMS EXAMINATIONS. Other special customs examinations are held as the exigencies of the service require, such as those for examiners of merchandise, examiners of woolen goods, examiners of drugs, and examiners of other special classes of goods; also law clerks, assistant gaugers, marble-measurers, etc. Examinations of the character here described are not always held at the regular semiannual examinations, on the first Tuesdays of April and October, but may be held on said days or at such times as the needs of the service require. Persons who have applications on file for these positions will be informed when special examinations are held. 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 six consecutive hours. The first, second, third, and fourth subjects of the clerk examination, postal service, are substantially the same as the corresponding subjects of the clerk examination, departmental service, pp. 190 et seq., except that the first subject includes an exercise in abbreviations, which is substantially the same as the corresponding exercise in the inspector examination, Post-Office Department, pp. 206 et seq. FIFTH SUBJECT.-Arithmetic. Question 1. Express in words the following: 990,050,006.0021. Question 2. Express in figures the following, avoiding the use of common (or vulgar) fractions: One million three thousand seven hundred and one and one ten-thousandth. Question 3. Express in words the following signs and figures: 20 lb. 8 oz. @ 2c. per Oz. $6.56. Question 4. If a railroad car run 41 miles per hour, how far would it go in 12 days, running 10 hours per day. Give work in full. Question 5. If paper is worth 40 cents per pound, what is the cost of one sheet of paper weighing six pounds to the ream? (480 sheets = 1 ream.) Give work in full. Question 6. The following table shows, in part, the amounts appropriated for and the amounts expended in the office of the First Assistant Postmaster-General for the year ended June 30, 1886. Required: (1) the total amount expended, (2) the total amount appropriated, and (3) the unexpended balance. |