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Pàgina 112 - 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.
Pàgina 5 - That he is free from any physical defect or disease which would be likely to interfere with the proper discharge of his duties.
Pàgina 114 - This board is composed of the speaker of the House of Commons, the chancellor of the exchequer, the master of the rolls, the...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 158 - CLERKS. 1. Exercises, designed to test Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3. English Composition. 4. Pre'cis. 5. Geography. 6. History. 7. Latin, or one Foreign Language.f EL PERMANENT CLERKS AT OUT-STATIONS. [Clerks in Military Store Service, Clerks in Royal Engineers' Offices, and Clerks in Barrack Offices.] 1.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 184 - The Student's Text-Book of English and General History, from BC 100 to the present time. With Genealogical Tables, and a Sketch of the English Constitution. By D. Beale.
Pàgina 11 - Preliminary only in case of competition.) 1 Exercises designed to test Hand-writing and Orthography. 2 Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 3 Geography.
Pàgina 149 - 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.
Pàgina 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...

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