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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
411
APPENDIX
(C).
INFORMATION
RELATIVE
TO
THE
APPOINTMENTS
IN
THE
POST-OFFICE
SERVICE.
All
candidates
for
appointment
in
the
Post-Office,
whether
to
places
in
the
gift
of
the
Postmaster-General,
or
to
those
in
provincial
towns
in
the
gift
of
the
respective
postmasters,
must
pass
the
stipulated
examination
prescribed
by
Government,
and
which
is
conducted
under
the
auspices
of
the
Civil
Service
Commissioners
in
London.
I.
Candidates
for
clerkships
in
the
Secretary's
Office,
London,
must
pass
an
examination
on
the
following
subjects,
viz.[210]:--
1.
Exercise
designed
to
test
handwriting
and
composition.
2.
Arithmetic
(higher
branches,
including
vulgar
and
decimal
fractions).
3.
Precis.
4.
A
Continental
language,
French
or
German,
&c.[211]
II.
Candidates
for
general
clerkships
in
the
Metropolitan
Offices
are
examined
in[210]--
1.
Writing
from
dictation.
2.
Exercise
to
test
orthography
and
composition.
3.
Arithmetic
(higher
rules).
III.
Candidates
for
the
place
of
letter-carrier,
&c.
1.
Writing
from
dictation.
2.
Reading
manuscript.
3.
Arithmetic
(elementary).
All
officers
nominated
to
places
in
provincial
offices
must
be
examined
by
the
postmaster,
under
the
auspices
of
the
Civil
Service
Commissioners,
the
examination-papers
to
be
in
all
cases
submitted
to
the
Commissioners
for
inspection
and
judgment.
IV.
For
clerks,
the
examination
consists
in
1.
Exercises
designed
to
test
handwriting
and
orthography.
2.
Arithmetic.
V.
For
sorters,
letter-carriers,
and
stampers:--
1.
Writing
from
dictation.
2.
Reading
manuscript.
3.
Arithmetic
(of
an
easy
kind).
VI.
For
messengers:--
1.
Writing
their
names
and
addresses.
2.
Reading
the
addresses
of
letters.
3.
Adding
a
few
figures
together.
No
person
under
sixteen
years
of
age
is
eligible
for
any
situation
in
the
Post-Office.
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