TABLE A.-LIMITS of AGE prescribed for ADMISSION to the various CIVIL DEPARTMENTS. Departments not mentioned in this Table have at present no fixed regulations as to the age of officers on admission. Note. It must be understood that alterations may at any time be made. Searchers, Landing-waiters, Coast Officers, Gaugers, Tide- Housekeepers and Messengers *Except in the case of persons temporarily employed who may be nominated if under 30, provided they were under 25 when first temporarily employed. **Unless the candidate shall, at the time of his nomination, be acting as a Supplementary Clerk on the Establishment. For candidates who have been previously in the Public Service the maximum limit shall be considered as extended to five years beyond the ordinary limit, provided the candidate was, when he first entered the Service, under the maximum limit fixed for the situation to which he seeks admittance. An Extra Clerk, serving continuously, should not be ineligible on the score of age for an appointment on the Establishment up to the age of 35 years, provided that he has been admitted as an extra clerk before the age of 25. § Extra Clerks and Extra Officers, when promoted to the Establishment, to be admitted up to the age of 40 years, provided they were first employed before they reached the age of 25, and they will be entitled to reckon such previous service, provided they have been employed for not less than six months in each year. No person to be admitted from another Public Department who shall have attained the age of 30 years, nor even when over 25 and under 30, unless the party be appointed direct from such department, and shall have been under 25 when first admitted. No person to be admitted who shall have attained the age of 35, although he may be removed from another Public Department. Clerks in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, and Surveyors' Clerks in Country Offices *With power, when a vacancy is filled up by transfer from another department, to extend the maximum to 30, provided the probationer had been appointed to his first office between 17 and 25. + As regards those who have not a home in London or in the immediate vicinity, the age should be between 20 years complete and 24 years complete. In the case of candidates already in the Public Service the maximum is to be 30, provided they were under 25 on first entering the Service. $ Unless the nominee shall be a certificated attorney of one of the Courts of Law at Westminster, or shall have acted for at least seven years next before his application for such office as clerk to the Justices of any Petty Session. Candidates who have previously been in some branch of the Public Service to be eligible, if under 27, if their previous service commenced before they were 25. Candidates for Junior situations in this Department, who had been previously in the Service, are considered to be eligible, so far as their age is concerned, provided that their age did not, when they were first appointed, exceed the maximum age for candidates for the situations to which they may now be nominated. A 2 In the case of candidates already in the Public Service the maximum is to be 30, provided they were under 25 on first entering the Service. The limit to be 45 in all cases where there has been any previous Public Service extending beyond a period of five years. Including Registry of Seamen, Registry of Designs, and Registry of Joint Stock Companies. § Persons already in the Public Service may be transferred to the Board of Trade, provided they were, at the time when they first entered the Service, under the maximum age for admission into the class to which they may be transferred. Unless they have been continuously in the Public Service since they were 25, in which case the maximum may be extended to 30. QUEEN'S AND LORD TREASURER'S REMEMBRANCER'S OFFICE IRELAND. 17 25 17 30 18 28 17 35 TABLE B.-Different STANDARDS of QUALIFICATION established by the various DEPARTMENTS. Note. It must be understood that alterations may at any time be made. Department, and Qualifications required. I. WHITEHALL BRANCH. ADMIRALTY. 1. Writing from Dictation. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3. 4. Précis. 5. Geography. 6. English History. 7. Translation from French. 8. Translation from Latin or a second modern language. II. SOMERSET HOUSE BRANCH. 1. Writing from Dictation. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). (a) Latin or a modern language; (b) The leading points of English or Modern History; or, (c) Algebra, Euclid, or any branch of Mathematics or Science. III. CLERKS IN DOCKYARDS, VICTUALLING YARDS, OR NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS AT HOME, AND TEMPORARY CLERKS. 1. Writing from Dictation. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). ADMIRALTY (REGISTRAR AND MARSHAL OF COURT OF). I. CLERKS. 1. Exercises designed to test Handwriting and Orthography. 3. Arithmetic (as far as Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 4. English Composition. 5. Précis. 6. One of the following subjects: (a) Latin or a modern language;† (b) The leading points of English or Modern History; (c) Geography; (d) Algebra, Euclid, or any branch of Mathematics or Science. † In examinations which are not competitive the exercises in Languages are restricted to translation. |