FOURTH REPORT

OF

HER MAJESTY'S
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS;

TOGETHER WITH

APPENDICES.

Presented to both houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE,

PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY,

FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 306701

ASTOR, LENOX AN TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

1906

CONTENTS

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FOURTH REPORT

APPENDICES :

APPENDIX I.-Statistical Tables, &c., relating to the Home

Civil Service

APPENDIX II.—Correspondence relating to the Home Civil

Service

APPENDIX III.--Examination Papers set for an Open Competi-

tion for Eight Writerships in the India House

APPENDIX IV.-Civil Service of India -

1. Correspondence as to the Examinations of 1858

2. Correspondence as to the Examinations of 1859460

3. Examination Papers set at the Examinations of 1858

4. Statistics :-

(a) Of Examinations conducted under the Direction

of the late India Board

(6) Of Examinations conducted by the Civil Service

Commissioners

(c) Comparative Statistics relating to all the Exa-

minations hitherto held

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APPENDIX V.-Specimens of Handwriting

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