Report of Her Majesty's Civil Service Commissioners: Together with Appendices, Volumes 4-5Eyre and Spottiswoode., 1859 |
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Page viii
... competitive examination of 318 candidates for writing clerkships in the India House which recently took place , 31 candidates went through this exercise without any mistakes , and 158 with less than six mistakes . With regard to ...
... competitive examination of 318 candidates for writing clerkships in the India House which recently took place , 31 candidates went through this exercise without any mistakes , and 158 with less than six mistakes . With regard to ...
Page ix
... competition , and 833 were nominations of several candidates as competitors for one or more situations . It will be convenient to remark separately upon these two classes of nominations . Certificates upon simple nomination were granted ...
... competition , and 833 were nominations of several candidates as competitors for one or more situations . It will be convenient to remark separately upon these two classes of nominations . Certificates upon simple nomination were granted ...
Page xiv
... competitive examinations have been- A competition of 12 for 4 clerkships in the Customs . 57 for 20 do . do . " " 26 ... competitive examinations for each of these groups , it is practically certain that competent and deserving persons ...
... competitive examinations have been- A competition of 12 for 4 clerkships in the Customs . 57 for 20 do . do . " " 26 ... competitive examinations for each of these groups , it is practically certain that competent and deserving persons ...
Page xv
... competitive examination . We should regret , however , if this information should lead to the appointment in the public service , positively and without com- petition , of persons who , having been unsuccessful in a competitive ...
... competitive examination . We should regret , however , if this information should lead to the appointment in the public service , positively and without com- petition , of persons who , having been unsuccessful in a competitive ...
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... competitive examination for the writerships at the India House . The publicity which we have given to our method of proceeding and to its results has led us to expect that whatever objections may exist either to the system we administer ...
... competitive examination for the writerships at the India House . The publicity which we have given to our method of proceeding and to its results has led us to expect that whatever objections may exist either to the system we administer ...
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