CIVIL SERVICE PAPERS. 



Ill 







T. TBAMSLATOM TO Missions. 



Exercise* in Trauslutiouu from and into that language or tho*e 

 languages upon which the candidate is destined to be employed. 



VI. VlCE-COVBVL. 



i Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 

 . : iigliKh Composition and Dictation. 



3. French (written and spoken). 



l. Tlio language of tho port at which the candidate may be ap- 

 pointed to reside. 



5. British Mercantile and Commercial Law. [Text-book, Smith's 

 "Compendium of Mercantile Law," Book II., chaps, i. to iv., 

 Book III., chaps, i. to iv., and vii.] 



GEOUP II. 



V,. now proceed to give the particulars of offices occupying 

 a second, but still a high rank in the service. These are the 

 Admiralty, Audit Office, India Office, Duchy of Lancaster Office, 

 Local Government Board, Privy Council Office, Board of Trade, 

 War Office, Woods and Forests, and Office of Works. 



1. THE ADMIRALTY, WHITEHALL AND SOMERSET HOUSE. 



(Open Competition.) 



This department is charged with tho preparation and main- 

 tenance in an efficient state of the navy of tho kingdom. 

 Head-quarters at Whitehall, branches at Somerset House. The 

 dockyards and other naval establishments, at home and abroad, 

 are under its management. 



Establishment as follows : 



Secretary's Department. On the Higher Division of the 

 Establishment : Principal Clerk, .900 to 1,000 per annum 

 (with allowance of 200 as Assistant Secretary) ; 3 Principal 

 Clerks, 900 to 1,000 ; 6 Assistant Principal Clerks, 700 to 

 800 ; 10 Clerks, 200 to 600 ; 5 Clerks, 150 to 400. 

 Lower Division : 26 Clerks, 95 to 250 (with duty pay to 

 some). 



Department of the Controller of the Navy. Controller of the 

 Navy, .1,700 (and allowance for house rent, 200); Director of 

 Naval Ordnance, 1 ,000 ; Assistant to ditto, 600. Constructive 

 and Engineering Staff. Director of Naval Construction, 1,500 

 to 1,800 per annum; Director of Dockyards, 1,500; 2 Chief 

 Constructors, 600 to 850 ; 3 Constructors, 400 to 550 ; 7 

 Assistant Constructors, First Class, 300 to 450 ; 6 Second 

 Class ditto, 160 to 240 ; 2 Third Class ditto, 100 to 150 ; 

 Curator of Drawings, 150 to200; 8 Draughtsmen, 6s. per diem; 

 Engineer-in-Chief, 1,000 to 1,200; Engineer Assistant to 

 Director of Dockyards, 500 to 650; Chief Inspector of 

 Machinery, 500 to 650; 2 Engineer Inspectors, 400 to 500; 

 Chief Engineer, 300 to 400 ; Engineer, 268 ; 2 Assistant 

 Engineers, First Class, 300 to 450 ; 2 Second Class ditto, 160 

 to 240 ; 5 Draughtsmen, 6s. per diem. Gun Mounting Staff. 

 Engineer Inspector, 400 to 500 ; Assistant Engineer, Second 

 Class, 160 to 240 ; 2 Examiners of Dockyard Work, 350 to 

 450 ; 2 Modellers, 3 6s. per week ; Director of Stores, 800 

 to 1,000 ; 2 Examiners of Store Accounts, 250 to 350. 

 Clerical Staff. On the Higher Division of the Establishment : 

 2 Principal Clerks, from 700 to 900 per annum ; 7 Senior 

 Clerks, from 400 to 650 ; 7 Clerks, from 100 to 500 ; 

 6 Clerks, 150 to 400; allowances to 2 Senior Clerks for 



iting aa Principal Clerks in their absence, 50 each, and to 

 one as Head of Gunnery Branch, 50 ; to a Clerk acting as 

 Private Secretary to the Controller, 50. Lower Division : 26 

 Clerks, from 95 to 250 per annum (and duty pay) ; 5 Dock- 

 yard Writers, at 4s. to 8s. per diem and Subsistence Allow- 

 ance. 



Victualling Department. Director of Victualling, 800 to 

 1,000 per annum. Clerical Staff. On the Higher Division of 

 the Establishment : 3 Senior Clerks, 400 to 650 per annum ; 

 4 Clerks, 100 to 500. Lower Division : 13 Clerks, 95 to 

 250 (and duty pay). 



Purchase and Contract Department. Director of Navy Con- 

 tracts, 1,20C per annum ; Assistant Director of Navy Con- 

 tracts, 700 to 900. Clerical Staff. On the Higher Division 

 of the Establishment: 3 Senior Clerks, 400 to 650 per 

 annum; 1 Clerk, 100 to 500; 4 Clerks, 150 to 400. 



Lower Division : 11 Clerks, 95 to 250 per annum ; Viewer 

 of Coal* in South Wales, 450 to 550 ; Custodian of Store 

 Patterns, 260. 



Medical Department. Director-General of the Medical De- 

 partment of the Nary, 1,300 ; Deputy Inspector-General of 

 Hospitals, 766 (and allowances) ; Fleet Surgeon, 548 (and 

 allowances). Clerical Staff. On the Higher Division of toe 

 Establishment : 3 Henior Clerks, from 400 to 650 per annum ; 

 1 Clerk from 100 to 500 ; 2 Clerks from 100 to 400 (and 

 allowances). Lower Division : 9 Clerks, from 95 to 250 per 

 annum. 



Department of the Accountant General. Accountant General 

 of the Navy, 1,500 per annum ; Deputy Accountant General, 

 1,200; Assistant Accountant General, 1,000. Clerical Staff. 

 On the Higher Division of the Establishment : 6 Superintendent 

 Clerks, from 700 to 900 per annum ; 16 Clerks, from 400 

 to 600 and 650 ; 10 Clerks, from 100 to 500 ; 4 Clerks, 

 150 to 400. Lower Division : 1 17 Clerks, from 95 to 250 

 per annum (duty pay to some of the above) ; 11 Boy Clerks, 

 from 14s. to 19s. per week ; 11 Writers from 80 to 170 per 

 annum. Inspector of Yard Accounts, 700 to 800 ; Assistant 

 ditto, 400 to 650 ; Professional ditto, 350 to 450 ; District 

 Audit Staff, under reorganisation ; Principal Dockyard Writers, 

 200 to 250 ; Dockyard Writers, from 4s. to 8s. per diem, and 

 Subsistence Allowance. 



Department of the Director of Trantportt. Director of Trans- 

 ports, 1,000 per annum ; Assistant Director of Transports, 

 700 to 900; Naval Assistant to Director of Transport*, 

 700 to 800. Clerical Staff. On tho Higher Division of 

 the Establishment: 3 Senior Clerks, from 400 to 650 

 per annum ; 5 Clerks from 100 to 500. On the Lower 

 Division of the Establishment : 9 Clerks from 95 to 250 

 per annum. 



Department of tlie Director of Works. Director of Engineer- 

 ing and Architectural Works, 1,300 per annum; Assistant 

 Director of Works, 800 ; Surveyor, 700 to 800 ; Surveyor 

 of Coast Guard Buildings, 500 to 600 ; Inspector of Coast 

 Guard Buildings, 300 to 400 ; 3 Accountant Clerks, 125 to 

 400 ; 3 Lower Division ditto, 95 to 250 ; 3 Draughtsmen, 

 150 to 400 ; 2 Lower Division ditto, 95 to 250 ; Modeller, 

 6s. 8d. per diem. Clerical Staff. On the Higher Division of 

 the Establishment: 1 Senior Clerk, from 400 to 600 per 

 annum ; 2 Clerks from 150 to 400 ; 3 Clerks from 95 to 

 250 per annum. 



2. EXCHEQUER AND AUDIT OFFICE, OLD PALACE YARD. 



(Open Competition.) 



This is under the direct control of tho Treasury, and its 

 business is to discharge the function of auditor to the public 

 accounts. It is governed by a Comptroller and Auditor- 

 General, an assistant, and a chief clerk. 



Tho establishment is as follows : 



Directing Branch. S Inspectors, or Principal Clerks, includ- 

 ing the Chief Clerk, 775 to 900 ; 7 First Class Clerk^ 

 to 750 ; 19 Second Class Clerks, 1st section, 420 to Jt600 ; 

 28 ditto, ditto, 2nd section, 200 to 400. Examining Branch. 

 28 Examiners, 1st section, 215 to 400 ; 27 ditto, 2nd section, 

 100 to 200 ; 67 Lower Division Clerks, 80 to 200 ; Private 

 Secretary, 150. 



3. INDIA OFFICE, ST. JAMES'S PARK. (Open Competition.) 



Discharges all the administrative detail of the government of 

 India in England. Presided over by a Secretary of State for 

 India, who has the patronage of the department. Governed by 

 two under-secretaries of State, an assistant nnder-secretary, 

 and a council of fifteen members. There are also subordinate 

 heads of departments, controlling branches charged with special 

 duties. Clerks are divided into senior and junior sections, 

 and there are also temporary clerks and copying-clerks. Book- 

 keepers must pass the Lower Division examination, and hare a 

 satisfactory knowledge of book-keeping. 



Secretary's Office I Chief Clerk, 800; 1 Clerk, Fixed 

 Station, 700 ; 1 ditto, 600 ; 1 Despatch Clerk, 400 ; Clerks, 

 100, rising 16 to 450 ; 1 Private Secretary to Secretary of 

 State, 300; 2 ditto Under ditto, 150. 



Indian Correspondence Department. I Secretary for the 



