Table V, Appointments, shows the number of appointments made during 1911 from eligible lists completed during 1911, with the addition of all certifications made during 1911 from re-instatement lists.

Table VI, Appointments from Old Lists, itemizes the appointments made during 1911 from eligible lists prepared previous to 1911.

During the past year, 1,115 temporary appointments were made, 838 because there was no eligible list extant for the position in question, and 277 because the employment was essentially temporary or transitory in nature. On December 31, 1911, there were still in the service 264 temporary employés, and of these 225 were at the University of Illinois. This large number at one institution results from two causes. During the winter months many laborers, more or less skilled, are employed in the Engineering and Agricultural Experimental Stations work. Their employment is never permanent in nature and it would be improper to send regular eligibles to these positions. The second reason is that the salaries given stenographic help are so small that it is frequently necessary to appoint employés subject to later examina

tion, as regular eligibles refuse to accept the small salaries. The temporary appointment question is discussed more fully in another paragraph.

By far the largest number of the appointments occurred in the charitable institutions. The movements of employés in institutions are shown in Table VII, Changes in Institutions. Figures are given for positions of Attendant, Domestic and Laborer separately from the other positions, because in these three occur most of the changes.

In Table VIII, Changes in Departments, are listed in a manner similar to Table VII, the movements of employés in the various departments between July 1, 1911, the date on which they came under civil service, and December 31, 1911.

A summary of Tables VII and VIII shows a total of 727 discharges from the service. This number includes 302 employés who quit without notice, but does not include the twenty-six deaths in the service during the year. The last two tables include all temporary appoint

ments.

The reasons for the 425 discharges may be listed in general as given in Table IX, Discharges. Before an employé can be discharged from the service, charges must be filed and heard before an investigating officer, except in the case of laborers, domestics and probationers less than three months in the service. These investigating officers are carefully selected, regard being especially given to their good standing in their community and their capacity for impartial judgment. officers are listed in Table X, Investigating Officers.