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OF THE
UNITED STATES
BRARY
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
July 1, 1887, to June 30, 1888.
WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1889...
MOY WIN
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Period covered by the report
Page.
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EXAMINATIONS:
DEPARTMENTAL-SERVICE EXAMINATIONS:
Fixed times and places of holding examinations
TABLE 1.-Showing places and dates of examinations held......
Number of examinations held ...
Number of applicants examined..........
TABLE 2.-Comparative statement of competitors that passed and
that failed to pass at Washington and elsewhere.....
Effect of raising the eligible average from 65 to 70...........
TABLE 3.-Competitors that passed and failed to pass in the copyist,
clerk, and special examinations.....
TABLE 4.-States and sexes of those that passed and that failed, and
the per cent. of failures
TABLE 5.-Supplementary examinations. Number of competitors..
TABLE 6.-Non-competitive examinations for transfer from one De-
partment to another......
Non-competitive examinations for promotion from copyist to clerk..
Non-competitive examinations for transfer from excepted to non-
excepted places
Effects shown in promotions.....
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Abuse of transfers from one Department to another..
Education of those examined....
15
TABLE 7.-Examinations for promotion in the Department of War..
Utility of examinations for promotion...
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CUSTOMS-SERVICE EXAMINATIONS :
TABLE 8.-Number of examinations; places and times....
TABLE 9.-Number of competitors that passed and that failed to pass,
and percentage of failures in each examination
TABLE 10.-Education of those examined.............
TABLE 11.-Examinations for promotion at New York, with grades..
TABLE 12.-Examinations for promotion at San Francisco, with
grades
POSTAL-SERVICE EXAMINATIONS:
Times of examination, numbers, and average ages of those examined.
TABLE 13.-Number of competitors that passed and that failed to
pass, and percentage of failures in each examination..
GENERAL:
TABLE 14.-Number of competitors that passed and that failed to pass,
and percentage of failures in examinations for the
classified service in all its branches.....
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