"Under Government:" an Official Key to the Civil Service of the Crown, and Guide for Candidates Seeking Appointments

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Bell and Daldy, 1859 - 187 pages

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Page 5 - That he is properly certified as free from any physical defect or disease which would be likely to interfere with the proper discharge of his duties ; Third.
Page 108 - The Speaker of the house of commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master of the Rolls, the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, and the AccountantGeneral of the High Court of Chancery, were persons who, from their several situations, he should think highly proper to be of the number.
Page 106 - OFFICE. 1. Exercises designed to test Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar Fractions). 3. English Composition. SEAMEN'S REGISTRY OFFICE. (The same as for " Supplementary Clerks" in the Board of Trade.) TRADE.
Page 2 - The money to be earned is the solitary attraction. A clerk in a Public Office may not even dream of fame to be acquired in that capacity. He labours in an obscurity as profound as it is unavoidable. His official character is absorbed in that of his superior. He must devote all his talents, and all his learning, to measures, some of which he will assuredly disapprove, without having the slightest power to prevent them ; and to some of which he will most essentially contribute, without having any share...
Page 8 - Sixtieth in respect of each additional Year of such Service, until the Completion of a Period of Service of Forty Years, when the annual Allowance of...
Page 155 - CLERKS. 1. Exercises, designed to test Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3. English Composition. 4. Pre'cis. 5. Geography. 6. History. 7. Latin, or one Foreign Language.f EL PERMANENT CLERKS AT OUT-STATIONS. [Clerks in Military Store Service, Clerks in Royal Engineers' Offices, and Clerks in Barrack Offices.] 1.
Page 2 - ... in a Public Office may not even dream of fame to be acquired in that capacity. He labours in an obscurity as profound as it is unavoidable. His official character is absorbed in that of his superior. He must devote all his talents, and all his learning, to measures, some of which he will assuredly disapprove, without having the slightest power to prevent them ; and to some of which he will most essentially contribute, without having any share whatever in the credit of them. He must listen silently...
Page 166 - Preliminary only in case of competition.) 1 Exercises designed to test Hand-writing and Orthography. 2 Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3 Geography.
Page 75 - Candidates, on being examined on promotion, will he required to draw up a report on the general commercial and political relations of the several countries in which they may have resided; on the internal polity, and the administration and social institutions of such countries, and on the character of their people. These reports, however, must not refer to current political affairs...

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