APPENDIX No. 7.

SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION AND QUESTIONS.

It will be understood that the questions are different on each examination, but the following bave actually been used, and in general subject and grade they are fair specimens of the whole. (See Rule 7, clause 4.)

DEPARTMENTAL.-SERIES No. 6.-LIMITED EXAMINATION.

(Covering the first, second, and a part of the fourth subjects.)

(First subject.)

Question 1. One of the examiners will read so distinctly that each person being examined can hear him, one of the exercises for dictation accompanying these papers. In general not more than fifteen or eighteen words per minute should be read, nor more than five or six words without pause. Give the sense as much as possible, and be sure that all can hear. Allow two minutes at the close for punctuation.

(TO APPLICANT. Write as much as you can of the passage read. If from any cause you miss a word, do not pause, but go on with the next words you hear. Write clearly and spell correctly.)

Question 2. Copy the following precisely:

"The amount of the funded debt redeemable at any time before September 1, 1891, which will remain unpaid on the 30th of June, 1883, is about $300,000,000, and upon the foregoing estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, the whole funded debt now redeemable could be paid before June 30, 1886. This would leave as the surplus for more than five years the amount of $600,000,000 undisposed of in the Treas ury, unless, yielding to the temptation of seeming wealth, expenditures be largely increased. The amount of the loan redeemable in 1891 is only $250,000,000, and, as has been stated, no other loan becomes redeemable until 1907, so that the surplus under the conditions supposed will rapidly increase until that date. The amount of the loan of 1907, as already appears, is less than $740,000,000, so that, were it all re deemable, the whole public debt could be paid from a surplus as great as estimated early in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894."-[Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 1882.]

Question 3. Write the following words, spelling them correctly:

(Second subject.)

Question 1. During the fiscal year 1884 the exportation of cotton from certain American ports was as follows: New Orleans, 703,698,018 pounds; Baltimore, 84,620,654 pounds; New York, 278,358,580 pounds; Yorktown, 11,208,246 pounds; Galveston, 190,574,067 pounds. What was the total number of pounds exported from the ports named?

Question 2. The number of yards of cotton cloth produced in the United States in 1860 was 1,148,252,406, and in 1880, 2,273,278,025. By how many yards did the production of 1880 exceed that of 1860? Give the operation in full.

Question 3. How long will it take 50 clerks to count $1,500,000 in silver coin, one-half of which is in half dollars and the other half in quarter dollars, each clerk counting at the rate of fifty pieces a minute? Express the answer in hours.

Give the operation in full.

Question 4. Write in figures one million one thousand and one dol lars and one cent.

Question 5. Multiply 657,934 by 3,209.

Give the operation in full.

Question 6. The whole number of pieces of mail matter handled at 112 post-offices was 1,143,518,880. What was the average number of pieces for each office?

Give the operation in full.

Question 7. The War Department expended $1,765.25 for mucilage at $5.75 a dozen quarts. How many quarts were purchased?

Give the operation in full.

Question 8. The Post-Office Department bought 6,670 pounds of twine at 193 cents a pound; 372 pounds of sponge at 653 cents a pound, and 40 dozen of ink at $2.50 a dozen. What was the total cost of the purchase?

Give the operation in full.

(Fourth subject.)

Question 1. Write a letter in the space below addressed to Richard Rush, esq., Philadelphia, Pa., on the comparative advantages and disadvantages of city and country life.

This exercise is designed chiefly to test your skill in simple English composition and your knowledge of the rules of punctuation.

DEPARTMENTAL.-SERIES No. 6.-GENERAL EXAMINATION.
(First subject.)

The first subject is substantially the same as the first subject of the limited examination just stated. (And see Rule 7.)

(Second subject.)

Question 1. According to the census of 1880 the value of manufact ured products of Boston was $130,531,993; Brooklyn, $177,223,142 Chicago, $249,022,948; New York, $472,926,437; Philadelphia, $324, 342,935; Saint Louis, $114,333,375. What was the total value of man

ufactured products of the cities named? Give the operation in full.

Express in figures the following numbers:

Question 2. One million one thousand one hundred and one.

Question 3. Two hundred and two million one hundred thousand and one, and six hundred thousandths.

Express in words the following numbers:

Question 4. 103,004,601.00025.

Question 5. 10,010,011,206.

Question 6. The cost price of beef is 103 cents per pound, and of flour 3 cents per pound. A ration consists of 1 lb. 4 oz. of beef and 1 lb. 6 oz. of flour. What will be the cost of 10,840 rations at the above rates! Question 7. From 1,000 grams of pure gold may be coined 279 of the 10 mark pieces of Germany. One gram is equivalent to 15.432349 Troy grains. The U.S. gold dollar contains 23,2 Troy grains. What is the equivalent in U. S. dollars of the 10 mark piece, decimally expressed? Give the operation in full.

Question 8. Of au importation of wool weighing 42 tons 19 cwt. 3 qrs. 20 lbs., 21 tons 4 cwt. 1 qr. 19 lbs. are sold, and one-half the remainder is lost by fire. How much is left? (The cwt. equals 112 lbs.)

Give the operation in full.

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Question 9. Two money counters in the Treasury were given packages of redeemed U. S. notes to count. The first received 100 $100 notes, 200 $50 notes, 300 $20 notes, and 400 $10 notes; and of each denomination there were 10 notes discounted each. The second counter received 50 $100 notes, 150 $50 notes, 250 $20 notes, and 350 $10 notes; and of each denomination there were 20 notes discounted each. What was the total face value of all the notes when issued, the total discount, and the cash value of the notes redeemed?

Give the operation in full.

Question 10. The whole amount of fractional currency issued was $368,724,079.45, and the amount outstanding unredeemed June 30, 1883, $15,354,425.31. What amount had been redeemed at that time, and what per centum was it of the whole amount issued?

Give the operation in full.

(Third subject.)

Question 1. At the close of business July 31, 1884, the interest-bear ing debt of the United States was as follows: Bonds at 3 per cent.' $237,453,250; bonds at 44 per cent., $250,000,000; bonds at 4 per cent.' $737,954,700. What is the total annual interest charge; the average rate of interest the total debt bears (decimal carried to four places); and the amount that would be saved in interest per annum if the entire debt were refunded at 24 per cent?

Give the operation in full.

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Question 2. The market rate of a 5 per cent. stock is 854 per cent; if the purchaser pays brokerage (at per cent. on par value), what rate of interest does he receive on his investment?

Give the operation in full.

Question 3. How much gold at 111g can be bought for $8,930 in currency?

Give the operation in full.

Question 4. Richard Wells, a contractor, furnished to the Interior Department, January 1, 1882, 645 barrels of flour at $9.45 per barrel; January 16, 1,912 bushels of oats at 57 cents per bushel; April 4, 9,231 pounds of bacon at 9 cents per pound; May 3, 8,264 bushels of corn at 74 cents per bushel; and June 20,325 barrels of pork at $12.65 per barrel

January 31, 1882, he was paid cash, $885; February 5, $450; April 11, $615.35; and May 30, $4,162.15. On inspection, June 25, 345 pounds of bacon and 35 barrels of pork were condemned and rejected; and on settlement, June 30, 1832, he was charged $75 as penalty for failure to deliver goods in time, according to the terms of the contract, allowed a credit of $65 for cartage, and paid the balance due him in cash. State Wells's account with the Interior Department in the form below, with proper headings.

(Fourth subject.)

Question 1. Express in your own language, at greater length and in good prose, changing the principal words, the thoughts contained in the following verses:

"If all the year were playing holidays,

To sport would be as tedious as to work:

But when they seldom come, they wished-for come,
And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents."

Copy the three following sentences and correct the errors of syntax which they contain:

Question 2. Of all other simpletons he was the greatest.

Question 3. "Everybody has recollections which they think worthy of recording."

Question 4. Neither James, John, or Peter were present.

Copy the three following sentences, changing them so as to remove the ambiguities which they contain:

Question 5. He stood at the window in Paris, where the crowd was assembled and saw the conflagration.

Question 6. Walter told his brother William that his face was tied up because he had met with an accident.

Question 7. Please send to me at Washington the "Daily Sun," of Baltimore, where I shall remain next winter.

Question 8. Write a letter of not less than twenty lines, addressed to Hon. John Eaton, Commissioner of Education, giving your views of the proper studies to be taught in the common schools to fit the pupils to become good citizens.

(Fifth subject.)

Question 1. Which three States extend farthest north, and which three farthest south?

Question 2. Describe the course of the following rivers, giving.the source, direction, and mouth of each: Hudson, Delaware, Potomac, Missouri, Arkansas.

Question 3. What States are bounded in part by the Missouri River? Question 4. In what wars did the following battles occur: Bunker Hill, Lundy's Lane, Eutaw Springs, Gettysburg, Palo Alto, Lake Erie, Monmouth, Heights of Abraham, Saratoga, Stone River.

Question 5. Name five principal American generals and five British. generals of the Revolutionary war.

Question 6. Give the date and circumstances of the Louisiana purchase.

Question 7. Describe the executive branch of the United States Government, and name the several departments belonging to it.

Question 8. Describe the Senate of the United States, giving its numbers and the functions peculiar to it, not belonging to the House of Representatives.

SUPPLEMENTARY DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATION.-LAW CLERKS.—

SERIES NO. 1.

(Subject: Government.)

Question 1. What is a republican form of government?

Question 2. When did the present Constitution of the United States go into effect?

Question 3. Into what coördinate branches is the Government of the United States divided, and what are the principal functions of each? Question 4. In what ways may the Constitution of the United States be amended?

Question 5. How may a bill vetoed by the President become a law? Question 6. To what classes of cases does the judicial power of the Supreme Court of the United States extend?

Question 7. What are some of the powers given by the Constitution to Congress?

(Subject: Law.)

Question 1. What is meant by (1) common law; (2) statute law (3) municipal ordinance?

Question 2. Define dower at common law, and state the distinction between dower and jointure.

Question 3. What is title in fee-simple?

Question 4. What are the distinctions between a corporation and a partnership?

Question 5. What is a common carrier?

Question 6. State the difference between quo warranto and mandamus. Question 7. What is meant by res adjudicata and stare decisis? Question 8. What are the leading rules for the interpretation of statutes?

Question 9. What is a contract?

Question 10. State the general rule as to the responsibility of a principal for the acts of his agent.

STATE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL CIVIL-SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.

These examinations are made up of two parts, (1) Obligatory Subjects and (2) Optional Subjects. All applicants are required to take the former, and must gain a general average in the same of 65 on the scale of 100 in order to be eligible for appointment. It is desired that each appli cant shall pass also in one or more of the optional subjects. The Obligatory Subjects for this examination are as follows: (1) Penmanship, copying, and orthography.

(2) Arithmetic.

(3) English language and letter writing.

(4) General geography and history.