"Under Government:" an Official Key to the Civil Service of the Crown, and Guide for Candidates Seeking Appointments

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Bell and Daldy, 1859 - 187 páginas
 

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Página 5 - That he is properly certified as free from any physical defect or disease which would be likely to interfere with the proper discharge of his duties ; Third.
Página 104 - The Speaker of the house of commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master of the Rolls, the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, and the AccountantGeneral of the High Court of Chancery, were persons who, from their several situations, he should think highly proper to be of the number.
Página 102 - OFFICE. 1. Exercises designed to test Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar Fractions). 3. English Composition. SEAMEN'S REGISTRY OFFICE. (The same as for " Supplementary Clerks" in the Board of Trade.) TRADE.
Página 151 - CLERKS. 1. Exercises designed to test Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3. English Composition. 4. Pjycis. 5. Geography. 6. Latin, or one Foreign Language.j n. SUPERNUMERARY CLERKS. 1. Writing from Dictation. 2. Arithmetic (elementary).
Página 2 - The money to be earned is the solitary attraction. A clerk in a Public Office may not even dream of fame to be acquired in that capacity. He labours in an obscurity as profound as it is unavoidable. His official character is absorbed in that of his superior. He must devote all his talents, and all his learning, to measures, some of which he will assuredly disapprove, without having the slightest power to prevent them ; and to some of which he will most essentially contribute, without having any share...
Página 8 - Sixtieth in respect of each additional Year of such Service, until the Completion of a Period of Service of Forty Years, when the annual Allowance of...
Página 138 - Final Examination : — 1. Languages and Literature of Greece and Rome. 2. Modern History, including that of the British Colonies and Possessions. — Exercises in English Composition designed to test purity and accuracy of style.
Página 2 - ... in a Public Office may not even dream of fame to be acquired in that capacity. He labours in an obscurity as profound as it is unavoidable. His official character is absorbed in that of his superior. He must devote all his talents, and all his learning, to measures, some of which he will assuredly disapprove, without having the slightest power to prevent them ; and to some of which he will most essentially contribute, without having any share whatever in the credit of them. He must listen silently...
Página 8 - To any person who shall have served ten years and upwards, and under eleven years, an annual allowance of ten-sixtieths of the annual salary and emoluments...
Página 55 - Under clerk of the Parliaments, to attend upon the Commons."2 He makes a declaration3 before the lord chancellor, on entering upon his office, " to make true entries, remembrances, and journals of the things done and passed in the House of Commons.

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