TABLE 21.-Showing by sex the number of appointments, separations, and reinstatements, and the number of persons remaining in the service, of those appointed to the departmental service through examination from July 16, 1883, to June 30, 1897. July 16, 1883, to June 30, 1887.. a This number does not include 103 appointments made in Engineer Department at large without educational tests. bPrinters' assistants. TABLE 21.-Showing by sex the number of appointments, separations, and reinstatements, and the number of persons remaining in the service, of those appointed to the departmental service through examination from July 16, 1883, to June 30, 1897—Continued. July 16, 1883, to June 30, 1887 Appointments. Separations. Reinstatements. Number. Per cent. Remaining in service. TABLE 22.-Showing, by Departments, by grades, and by dates of separation, the number of reinstatements in the departmental service, exclusive of the Railway Mail and Indian services, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897. In addition to this number 45 certificates were issued for reinstatement of soldiers as pension examining surgeons. TABLE 23.-Statement of the number of appointments and reinstatements in the departmental service and the per cent of their sum total to the number of competitive positions. a Includes 103 appointments in Engineer Department at large, for which no educational test was required. The low percentage for the year 1896 is due to the fact that the extensions of the classified service were made May 6, 1896, near the end of the fiscal year, the number of competitive positions shown being the number at the end of the fiscal year. TABLE 24.-Changes in Indian service among those appointed through examination and certification. TABLE 24.-Changes in Indian service among those appointed through examination and certification-Continued. NOTE.-Age of appointees. Indian service.-The following statement shows the age, at time of making application, of the persons appointed to positions in the Indian service during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897: 20 to 24 years, inclusive.. 25 to 29 years, inclusive. 30 to 34 years, inclusive. 35 to 39 years, inclusive. 40 to 44 years, inclusive. 45 to 49 years, inclusive. 50 to 54 years, inclusive.. Age. Number. Percentage. The average age at time of making application was a little less than 32 years. Education of appointees, Indian service.-The following statement shows the kind of school in which the persons appointed to the Indian service during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897, were educated, with number and percentage: TABLE 25.-Showing, by States, the number of clerks in the Railway Mail Service on |