notification when produced, and the notifications so indorsed shall be sealed in an envelope; each applicant will sign his examination papers with his number, omitting his name, and the envelope shall not be opened until all the examination papers have been received and the markings and gradings made.

22. All examinations shall be in writing, except such as refer to physical qualities or expertness.

23. The sheets of questions will be numbered and will be given out in the order of their numbers, each after the first being given only when the competitor has returned to the examiners the last sheet given to him. In general, no examination shall extend beyond five hours without intermission; and no questions given out at any session, to any candidate, can be allowed to be answered at another session. Each applicant must complete his examination on the obligatory subjects, before taking up any of the optional subjects. 24. Each examiner will exercise all due diligence to secure fairness and prevent all collusion and fraud in the examinations.

25. The time allowed for completing the examination will be announced before the first paper is given out. For the obligatory subjects the examination should be confined to a single day, but the examiners may extend such time in special cases of emergency.

Marking.

26. The examination papers shall be reviewed by each examiner separately, and, in any case of disagreement the average of the markings made on any question or paper by all shall be the final marking on such question or paper subject to the regulation as to revision.

27. The papers of all the competitors in each subject should be examined, compared and marked before the papers in another subject are taken up.

28. The marking of each question or subject shall be made on a scale of 100, which maximum shall represent accuracy or the highest possible attainment; and 0 shall represent absolute ignorance. Handwriting will be judged by its legibility, uniform and correct formation of letters and ease of execution. Upon a comparison of the handwriting of all the competitors, the best and worst should be first agreed upon, and the two extremes of the scale thus fixed; the others should be marked relatively to them. In writing from dictation or copying from manuscript, the omission, repetition or substitution of words, the erasures, blots and other evidences of carelessness, will proportionately to their numbers reduce the marking below 100. Spelling will be marked with reference to the ratio the misspelt words bear to the whole number of words dictated. Making abstracts or summaries of documents and letter-writing will be marked as in handwriting, by agreeing upon the best and worst examples, and having marked them, then proportionately marking the others.

In each of the other subjects, each question shall be marked on the scale of 100, and the sum of such markings divided by the number of questions in that subject shall be the competitor's standing on such subject.

Grading.

29. The absolute or average general standing of each competitor will then be made up in form as follows, in accordance with the respective weight according to each subject by the regulation, thus:

It will be observed that the standing on each subject is multiplied by the weight given that subject and the product placed in the third column, and the sum of these products divided by the sum of the weights gives the general average standing.

If, in the marking, it is found that the standing of a competitor on any subject falls below fifty, the further marking of the papers of such competitor may be dropped (Rule 15), and such fact recorded on the face of the paper in red ink.

30. The grading of the several competitors being completed, their names will be enrolled in the order of their excellence, as determ

ined by such examination, upon a register of eligible persons in form as prescribed by the Commission.

31. Every paper in any examination not formally certified by the examiners will be signed with his intitials in ink by each examiner who has reviewed and marked it.

32. Priority of date in examination will give no advantage in position on the eligible list. The names of the three persons highest in general average standing on the list for any grade will be certified for selection without regard to dates of examination, and subject only to the preferences of competitors on record for certain departments or offices, or to the certificate of the appointing officer, that an optional subject is of prime importance.

Non-Competitive.

33. Schedule C. The boards of examiners before whom shall appear any person named for a position in Schedule C, subject to a non-competitive examination, will report to the Commission the facts regarding such person furnished to, or ascertained by, them upon the first three points as required by Rule 23. Upon the fourth point as required in said rule, they will examine the person so appearing in the several subjects prescribed by regulations in accordance with Rule 24. Such examination will be in writing, and the standing on each subject will be marked in the manner herein directed for competitive examinations.

The grading of such person, together with the examination papers and the report on the other points of inquiry, shall be transmitted to the Commission, as soon after the examination as practicable.

34. Schedule D. The boards of examiners for positions in Schedule D shall take evidence of the qualifications of persons properly appearing before them, as the same are defined in Rule 29, and regulations pursuant thereto. So far as may be practicable such examinations shall be in writing. If the board is satisfied that any person so appearing is duly qualified to discharge the duties of the position for which named, a certificate of qualification will be granted by the board in such form as the Commission may prescribe. Officers having the authority to employ persons in the positions included in Schedule D may directly name persons to any such board for examination. Quarterly reports on the first days of Jannary, April, July and October in every year will be made by such boards to the Commission, giving names of all persons examined, the positions for which named, and whether or not certified as qualified. Intermediate reports of a similar nature will be made when specially required.

For Promotion.

35. Examiners will carefully inspect the work performed during the previous year by the persons named for promotion as regards its accuracy and neatness, and should personally question them con

cerning their office work and its purposes, in order to ascertain if they have a general and intelligent knowledge of the business in the department where they are employed. No part of the examination need be by written answers to written questions, but the examiners may require the persons examined to give a written description of the work done by them and its relation to the duties of others.

General.

36. As soon as practicable after an examination, the papers of the candidates will be marked, and their standings ascertained and communicated to them by the secretary of the Commission by mail. Prior to that time no inquiries addressed either to the examiners or the Commission will be answered. No letters explanatory of errors presumed to have been made in an examination will receive any attention.

37. The Commission cannot undertake to answer inquiries relating to cases which are not officially before it for decision, nor can it decide, except in cases of actual candidates on its registers, questions respecting the application of the rules and regulations.

38. Particular answers cannot be given to inquiries which are answered expressly or by implication in published regulations and similar documents.

39. The schemes of qualifications and subjects of examination of the same for positions in Schedules C and D will be published from time to time for general information.

In regard to many such positions, the nature and extent of such examinations will not be determined until after a vacancy in the position occurs.

No information can, therefore, be given in regard to such positions other than is published as above mentioned.

CLASSIFICATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.

[Approved by the Governor on September 3, 1883.] [Amended.] The letters A, B, C, D and E, in brackets, indicate the schedule under the rules, in which the class, subdivision or grade is included.

CLASS 1.

All assistants and deputies of executive and administrative officers and all clerks and other persons of whatever designation rendering services similar to those of clerks in any branch of the State service.

Subdivision I.

First Grade [B.]-Clerks and like employes receiving an annual compensation of less than $1,000.

Second Grade [B.]-Clerks and like employes receiving an annual compensation of $1,000 or more, but less than $1,200.

Third Grade [B.] - Clerks and like employes receiving an annual compensation of $1,200 or more, but less than $1,500.

Fourth Grade [E.]-Clerks and like employes receiving an annual compensation of $1,500 or more, but less than $1,800.

Fifth Grade [E.] Clerks and like employes receiving an annual compensation of $1,800 or more, but less than $2,000.

Sixth Grade [E.]-Clerks and like employes receiving an annual compensation of $2,000 or more, but less than $2,500. Seventh Grade [E.]- Clerks and like employes receiving an annual compensation of $2,500 or more.

Subdivision II. [A.]

In the Governor's office, the private secretary, the pardon clerk and the stenographer; in the office of the Secretary of State, the deputy secretary; in the office of the Comptroller, the deputy comptroller and confidential clerk; in the office of the Treasurer, the deputy treasurer, the chief clerk, the book-keeper and the pay-clerk; in the office of the Attorney-General, the two deputies and the confidential clerk; in the office of the State Engineer and Surveyor, the deputy; in the Department of Public Instruction, the deputy, the confidential clerk and stenographer, and the confidential inspector of school buildings; the deputy superintendent and special examiners of the Banking Department; in the Insurance Department, the deputy, the chief clerk, the actuary, the private secretary and the special examiner; in the Department of Public Works, the three assistant superintendents, the special agent and the financial clerk; the clerk of the Superintendent of Prisons; the clerk, deputy clerk and reporter of the Court of Appeals; the secretaries of the Railroad Commission, the Board of Health, the Board of Charities, the Commissioners of Emigration, and the Civil Service Commission; the chief-examiner of the Civil Service; the treasurers of asylums; the game and fish protectors, and the superintendent of public buildings; principals, professors and teachers in normal schools; chief clerks of courts; counsel and cashier of Excise Board of New York; the chief clerk of the Bureau of Labor Statistics; the secretary of the board of police justices; the police clerk of each of the Police Courts, and the clerk of each of the District Courts of New York.

CLASS 2. [B.]

Civil engineers and surveyors; chemists; census enumerators.

CLASS 2. [C.]

All persons of special qualifications (except those employed in the department of public works, the salt works, prisons, reformatories, asylums and other charitable and corrective institutions), including directors or curators of museums; geologists, botanists and entomologists and their respective assistants; librarians and