TABLE 2.-Showing the number examined for the Railway Mail Serrice, the number that passed and that failed, and the legal residence, average age, and education during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896. Alabama 24 72 1 50 41 14 13 17 56 60 46 34 88 4 35 4 8 41 33 33 25 11 7 1 5 1 16 28 13 2 16 1 13 2 2 1 5 13 177 25+ 9 19 ei CON 21+ 69 5 64 101 32 70 12 47 33 161 2 426 260 203 162 80 30 33 46 238 198 114 53 265 9 130 10 20 90 5 408 52 19 379 26 25 349 20 82 25 102 165 8 17 84 33 65 172 14 20-+ NANA 3 1 1 5 5 95 6 12 49 5 236 32 14 218 1 1 17 26 25 19 3 5 2 66 9 2 21 2 2 59 1 21 36 6 3 84 6 12 19 5 3 41 4 2 14 15 19 Heroi 21+ 14 4 27 1 105 6 6 73 6 4 85 6 10 8 13 30 2 2 16 11 13 38 8 22+ 1 10 2 1 13 216 11 29 20 52 110 5 172 5 9 53 5 50 55 3 2 42 9 6 11 24+ 23+ 1 4 8 6 10 24-107 5 7 25 82 23 7 24+24 21 2 23+ 19 24+ 20 30 2 21+ 1 21-25 25. 6 23+ 12 22+ 14 11 3 13 12 1 12 24– 42 2 7 6 11 26 1 5 5 5 3 55 2 2 1 3 6 18 2 6 15 1 9 17 28+ 15 25 42 24 31 125 12 2 4 4 5 10 2 2 3 1 5 25+ 5 1 5 20 1 23+ 47 24+ 19+ Total. 3, 048 24+ 1,089 459 240 863 397 1, 965 24+ 945 228 160 421 211 5, 013 Note. In addition to the above, 109 persons were examined under the provisions of Railway Mail Rule V, section 1, clause (a), for transfer from local post-offices to the Railway Mail Service, of whom 79 passed, 21 failed, and 9 were canceled. The legal residences were distributed as follows: Illinois, 35 passed, 7 failed, i canceled; Indiana, 1 passed; Kentucky, 2 passed, 1 canceled; Louisiana, 1 passed, 1 failed; Massachusetts, 1 passed; Maryland, 4 passed, 7 failed; Michigan, 1 passed, 1 failed; Missis. sippi, 1 passed; Missouri, 4 passed, I failed; New York, 26 passed, 3 failed, 7 canceled; Ohio, 1 passeil; Pennsylvania, 1 passed, 1 failed; Washington, 1 passed. Of this number 30 were examined for the street-car service, of whom 28 passed, 1 failed, and 1 was cauceled. TABLE 3.-Showing the number examined for clerk-copyist, the number that passed and that failed, and the legal residence, average age, and education during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896. ongetes 19-20 13 10 27282828+ 324 2838 2 5 8 19 9 6 17 3 13 3 25+ 41264 28+ 1 6 13 10 18 28 1 19 15 4 183 71 251 46 84 136 30 166 28+ 37 13 28 319 101 TABLE 4.-Showing the number who took special examinations for the departmental service, during the fiscal year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 2 Alabama 3 10 2 .. 4 23+ 5 25 2926 30 2 2 11 2 1 14 1 1 29. 28 28 29+ 28 20 3 2 23 1 2 29+ 12 22 12 185 the number that passed and that failed, the legal residence, average age, and education, ended June 30, 1896. 46 23+ 2 4 40 105 25+ 4 6 6 89 151 12 27+ 12 60 36+ 14 11 1 12 22 72 a Only males were examined for the position. H. Doc. 321---12 Tarte 4.—Showing the number icho took special examinations for the departmental serrice, during the fiscal year 1 Alabama District of Columbia. Georgia ... 7 Illinois. 8 Indiana 9 Indian Territory 10 Iowa. 11 Kansag. 12 Kentucky 13 Louisiana 14 Maine... 15 Maryland 16 Massachusetts 17 Michigan 18 Minnesota 19 Missouri. 20 Nebraska 21 New Hampshire 22 New Jersey 23 New Mexico 24 New York 25 North Carolina. 26 North Dakota. 27 Ohio 28 Pennsylvania 29 Rhodo Island 30 South Carolina.. 31 South Dakota.. 32 Tennessee.. 33 Texas. 34 Vermont. 35 Virginia 36 Washington 37 West Virginia 38 Wisconsin 22 :i:::::::: 24 39 1 This tablo includes tho following kinds of oxamination: Topographic draftsman, 7 passed, 10 failedl; mechanical draftsman, 2 passed, 3 failed; draftsman, Treasury Department, 3 passed, 3 faileil ; draftsman, Agricultural Department, 1 malo passed, 6 males and 2 females failed ; mechanical draftsman, Light-House Board, 3 passod, 14' failed. |