Table II, Examiners, lists the persons so appointed by the commission. Where blanks are left in this table a member of the commission or of the office force is assigned to handle the tests.

Before each examination, proper instruction sheets were mailed to the local examiners, covering all details of conducting the examinations, collecting, arranging and returning the papers to Springfield.

Statistics covering each examination of the year are given in Table III, Age Limits, and Table IV, Results of Examinations. The totals show that only 62 per cent of the applicants appeared for examination, and that 77.5 per cent of those examined passed. The reason for the low percentage of applicants who took the examination is not apparent, but that this ratio is fairly constant is indicated by the fact that for the years 1905, through 1911, it was 50 per cent, 48 per cent, 51 per cent, 75 per cent, 59 per cent and 62 per cent, respectively. The high percentage of applicants passing results from the large number taking the examinations for Attendant, Domestic and Laborer, for which positions the requirements are not particularly rigid. For this reason Table IV is arranged so as to show totals for these three positions separate from the rest.