2. The following table shows the receipts of flour, etc., at New York, during the first six months of the year 1885:

The following table shows the same during the second six months of the year 1885:

Give the totals of each of the above, making the additions both ways. N. B.-It is not allowable to draw off the amounts for addition, but they must be added on the table above.

In solving the arithmetical problems which follow this, the whole process must be shown on the examination paper, for which purpose sufficient space is provided after each question. A simple answer, without the calculations on which it is based being shown, will not receive a maximum mark, even if such answer is correct.

3. How many yards of cloth will be required to make a suit of clothes, if 2 yards are used for the coat, 13 yards for the pants, and 7 of a yard for the vest?

4. Add together 34, 211, 5%, and

5. If of a farm costs $5663, what will of it cost?

6. How many weeks, days, hours and minutes are there in three million seconds?

7. In 56 bus., 3 pks., 6 qts., 1 pt., how many pints?

8. How many bushels of wheat can be contained in a bin having a capacity of 29 gross tons, allowing a weight of 60 lbs. to the bushel?

GEOGRAPHY.

1. Name three of the principal rivers which pass through the State, and the leading cities or towns upon them.

2. What important islands are embraced within the jurisdiction of the State of New York?

3. Through what waters is freight transported from Oswego to New York city?

4. Which are the five most populous cities in the State, and in what counties are they respectively situated?

5. Name the States on the Gulf of Mexico.

6. Name the five principal tributaries of the Mississippi river.

EXAMPLE No. 2.

GENERAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION CLERKSHIPS OF THIRD GRADE. The exercise in dictation and copying is the same as for clerkships of first and second grade, and handwriting and spelling are judged from these papers.

ARITHMETIC.

1. Receipts at New York by railroad during the year 1885, of certain articles: in bushels.

Add the above so as to give the totals for each month, and for all the months, and for each railroad, and the grand total for all the roads for the whole period, placing the several amounts in the proper spaces in the form.

N. B.- It is not allowable to draw off the amounts for addition, but they must be added on the table above.

In solving the arithmetical problems which follow this, the whole process must in each case be shown on the examination paper, or if there be not sufficient space thereon, the calculations may be made on a separate paper to be attached. A simple answer without the calculations on which it is based being shown, will not receive a maximum mark, even if such answer be correct.

2. Of the time allowed for an examination

were given to Dictation, to Arithmetic, to Geography, and to History. How much was left for Constitution?

3. If A draws from the bank of the amount on deposit there, and spends of the amount drawn for flour, and then finds that he has left in his hands $430 in cash; what was his total balance in the bank before his check was drawn?

4. A man earning $211 per week expended $163 per week; in what time could he save enough to pay a debt of $353.40?

5. What will it cost to plaster a room 23 feet long, 18 feet wide, 9 feet high, at 15 cents a square yard?

6. Subtract .0135 of 2

bushels from .75 of a gallon, and give the

answer in pints and the decimal of a pint.

7. If 14 men dig 200 yards of trench in 32 days, in how many days will 21 men dig 150 yards of similar work?

8. A pile of wood 12 feet long, 5 feet wide, 3 feet high, being worth $12, what is the value of a pile of wood 10 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 6 feet high?

9. The total valuations of certain towns are as follows:

A
B

$1370455.62
$2257435.10

C

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$1268002.20
$ 750107.08

If a tax of $75000 is to be levied on them, what amount would have to be collected on these several valuations?

10. What is the legal interest in this State on $790 for 4 years, 5 months and 22 days?

11. The simple interest on a certain sum of money at 7 per cent amounts in 2 years and 11 months to $95; what is the principal sum? 12. Find the tax on $8975.50 at the rate of $0.018.

13. Find the proceeds of the following note, discounted February 26, 1886, at 51% :

$2669.50

NEW YORK, January 2, 1886.

Ninety days after date I promise to pay to James Ivison, or order, two thousand six hundred sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents, for value received.

GEOGRAPHY.

JOHN DOE.

1. Name as many of the cities of the State of New York as you can remember.

2. What important islands are embraced within the jurisdiction of the State of New York?

3. Give the names of the seven largest lakes in or on the border of the State, and tell how their waters respectively reach the sea.

4. Tell what was the population of each of the five principal cities, according to the census of 1880.

5. Name the States upon the Mississippi river.

6. Name the principal mountain ranges running through the country, and indicate their location.

HISTORY.

1. What European people first obtained a controlling power in this State?

2. What important matter in regard to the ownership and rental of land, occupied attention in this State many years ago?

3. Who was the Governor of New York State at the time of the outbreak of the rebellion?

4. Name each of the citizens of this State who became President of the United States.

5. What large cessions of territory have been made to the United States, and by whom and when were they made?

6. What was "the Missouri compromise?"

CONSTITUTION.

1. In what way can the Constitution of the State of New York be amended?

2. The power of the Legislature under the State Constitution differs greatly from that of Congress, under the Constitution of the United States. What is the nature of this difference?

3. Has an executive officer, as such, any duty to perform to the members of one party differing from that which he has to perform to the members of any other party?

4. How can the Constitution of the United States be amended? What is the nature of the amendments already made thereto ?

5. How are United States Senators elected? What are their duties, and what is their term of office?

SUMMARY OF DOCUMENT.

For this exercise the candidate was given an extract from Governor Hill's message, 1885, with the following directions:

Directions.- Make on the other side of this sheet a condensed summary or compendium of the following extract, giving in as brief a space as possible all the material points. This is not to be a copy, but a simple statement, in your own language, of the important official points in the letter.

EXAMPLE No. 3.

SPECIAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION- TEMPORARY EXAMINERS FOR
BOARD OF REGENTS.

AMERICAN HISTORY.

THE

1. Give a brief sketch of Ponce De Leon and his discoveries. 2. Describe the first French explorations in the Mississippi valley. 3. Of what country was Cartier, and what explorations did he make?

4. When was Georgia settled, by whom, and for what purpose? 5. What was the plan proposed by John Locke for the government of a colony, and to what colony was it to be applied?

6. What wars occurred during the colonial period, and to what causes may they be referred?

7. What did the French and Indian war decide?

8. What were the Navigation acts?

Writs of assistance?

9. Which, in your opinion, was the most important battle of the Revolution, giving your reasons for such opinion; who were the commanders, and what was the result?

10. Explain the difference between a rebellion and a revolution. 11. The consent of how many States was necessary to adopt the Constitution, and what State was not represented in the convention? 12. What was the principal cause of the war 1812, and what was the Embargo act?

13. Give an account of the battles of Lake Champlain and Plattsburgh. 14. What was the cause of the Tripolitan war; under whose administration did it occur, and what was accomplished?

15. What invention gave a great impulse to slave labor? Why? 16. What was the Dred Scott decision?

17. Whose election led directly to the war of the Rebellion, and what rendered that election possible at that time?

18. Give a short account of the battle of Antietam.

19. What two important events occurred early in July, 1863, and why were they so important?

20. Outline Sherman's campaign in 1864, and state its effect.

21. Name the Presidents in their order; their respective terms of office, and some event that distinguished each administration.

ENGLISH HISTORY.

1. Who were the inhabitants of Great Britain?

2. What Roman general invaded Great Britain, and in what year? 3. At what date does the history of England begin?