Government examinations, a companion to 'Under government' and a key to the civil service examinations

HER MAJESTY'S CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS.

RIGHT HON. SIR EDWARD RYAN.
SIR JOHN GEORGE SHAW LEFEVRE, K.C.B.

Secretary, John G. Maitland, Esq.
Registrar, Horace Mann, Esq., Barrister-at-Law.

The Examinations are conducted by the Assistant Examiners to the Commission,

with the occasional aid of other Gentlemen, when the number of simultaneous Candidates or subjects renders such aid necessary.

Assistant Examiners.
Theodore Walrond, Esq. M.A., late Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.
Edward Headlam, Esq. M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.

Employed occasionally in General Subjects.
G. Brodrick, Esq. M.A., Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
8. Butler, Esq. Ñ.A., late Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge.
G. W. Dasent, Esq. D.C.L., of Magdalen Hall, Oxford.
W. F. Edwards, Esq. M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
F. Headlam, Esq. M.A., Fellow of University College, Oxford.
G. D. Liveing, Esq. M. A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.
E. Poste, Esq. M.A., Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.
J. Roberts, Esq. M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, Cambridge.

Employed for Special Subjects. Dutch.-Rev. Dr. Gehle. Eastern Languages.-Colonel Ouseley; C. B. Eastwick, Esq. ; J. W. Redhouse, Esq. French.-M. Dupont. Germon – Max Muller, Esq. M.A., Fellow of All Souls' College, and Professor of Modern

European Languages, Oxford ; Rev. Dr. Walbaum, Chaplain to the Prussian Lega

tion; Herr Fontaine. Italian. —Count Arriavabene, Professor of Italian at University College, London. Polish.-Major Czulczewski; M. Sosnowski. Russian.-Rev. E. Popoff, Chaplain to the Russian Embassy. Civil Engineering, &c.—Captain Galton, R.E., late Assistant Secretary to the Board of

Trade. Lav.-H. S. Maine, Esq. LL.D., Reader in Jurisprudence to the Hon. Society of the

Middle Temple Physical Science.-M. H. N. Story-Maskelyne, Esq. M.A., Deputy Reader in Mineralogy,

Oxford. Physiology.-Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in

University College.

For Examinations in Scotland.

A. C. Longmore, Esq.

For Examinations in Ireland.
G. Johnstone Stoney, Esq., Secretary to the Queen's University in Ireland.

CONTENTS.

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Abstract of Papers. See Précis.

Accounts and Book-keeping. See Book-keeping.

Age, Evidence of

Algebra. See Mathematics and Physical Science.

Antecedents of Candidates. See Candidates.

Arithmetic

Arithmetic, including Vulgar & Decimal Fractions

Averages and Percentages

Elementary Arithmetic

Book-keeping, Papers on

Book-keeping and Accounts

Double Entry

Principles of, by Double Entry

Single Entry

British History. See History.

Candidates :

Antecedents of

Character of .

Hints to.

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Official Instructions to

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Successful, Marks obtained by. See Table of Marks.
Unsuccessful, Letter addressed to .

Character. See Candidates.

Chemistry. See Mathematics and Physical Science.

Civil Engineering

Civil Service of India, Regulations of an open Competition for 117

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Civil Service Commission, Nature of

Commercial Law. See Law.

Common Law. See Law.

Composition

Competitive Examinations. See Examinations.

Correspondence. See Composition.

Constitutional Law. See Law.

Departments, List of. See List of Departments.

Dictation, Writing from

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Double Entry. See Book-keeping.

Elementary Arithmetic. See Arithmetic.

Engineering. See Civil Engineering.

English History. See History.

English Composition. See Composition.

Equity. See Law.

Euclid. See Mathematics and Physical Science.

Examinations :

Are of two kinds

Competitive are not open to all comers.

Competitive for India. See Indian Civil Service.

Subjects of. See List of Departments.

Time and Place of

Exercises to test Handwriting and Orthography.. See

Orthography.

Extra Subjects

French. See Languages.

French Literature. See Literature.

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Geography

Geology. See Mathematics and Physical Science.

German. See Languages.

Greek. See Languages.

Greek Literature. See Literature.

Handwriting

Hints to Candidates. See Candidates.

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Index. See List of Departments.

Indexing. See Précis.
Indian Civil Service. See Civil Service of India.
International Law. See Law.
Instructions to Candidates. See Candidates.
Ireland, Departments in. See List of Departments.
Italian. See Languages.