plete it and six were ruled out as under height or weight. The result of the examination was as follows:

Result of Examination at Elmira, July 20, 1887, for Reformatory Guards.

The second examination, (No. 11, B,) was held at the court-house at Elmira on the fifteenth of November, at the same time with the general examination for clerical and other positions, and was directly conducted by the local board, consisting of Dr. William C. Wey, the Hon. Seymour Dexter, Prof. N. A. Miller and Messrs. Francis Hall, John R. Joslyn and Boyd McDowell. The papers were marked by Warden Pillsbury and Charles H. Kitchell, Esq., of the general examining board. Twenty-four candidates appeared of whom fourteen reached the eligible list upon a very easy grading. The result of the examination was as follows:

Result of Examination at Elmira, November 15, 1887, for Reformatory Guards.

The third examination for the year was held at Whitehall on the eleventh of June, for collector of canal statistics there, and the fourth was held at Buffalo on the fourteenth of June for collector of canal statistics at that place, and for clerks to the collector. At the first examination three candidates appeared. At the second examination three candidates appeared for the position of collector, and four candidates for the position of clerk. The results of the examinations were as follows:

Result of Examination at Whitehall, June 11, 1887, for Collector of Canal Statistics.

Result of Examination at Buffalo, June 14, 1887, for Collector of Canal Statistics and for Collector's Assistants.

Two examinations were held during the year for assistant engineers, levelers and rodmen in the department of the State Engineer. The first (No. 7), took place in the office of the commission at Albany, July twenty-eighth. Ten candidates appeared, of whom

one failed to complete the examination; the result was quite unsatisfactory. It was as follows:

Result of Examination at Albany, July 28, 1887, for Assistant Engineers, Levelers and Rodmen.

The State Engineer being in need of an increased force it was determined to hold another examination as soon as the arrangements could be completed to hold it in New York and to advertise it in technical journals. This course was accordingly pursued, the examination, (No. 9), was held on the eighteenth of October in the rooms of the American Society of Civil Engineers, which had been kindly tendered to us for the purpose, and the result was eminently satisfactory. Twenty-one applicants appeared of

* According to its application to rodmen, levelers or assistant engineers.

whom sixteen reached the eligible list. The markings were as follows:

Result of Examination at New York, October 18, 1887, for Assistant Engineers, Levelers and Rodmen.

Upon the thirteenth of September, an examination (No. 8), was held at the Batavia Institution for the Blind, for principal of the literary department and for female teacher of the piano-forte at that institution.

The examination was conducted directly by Commissioner Richmond and the chief examiner and Mrs. George Lewis, a musician of distinction from Buffalo, in conjunction with the local board, consisting of John H. Ward, Esq., Carlos A. Hulls, Esq., and Horace H. Hutchins, M. D., and in the preparation and marking of the musical papers the examiners had the assistance as musical expert of Signor James Nunó, also of Buffalo. Several members of the board of trustees of the institution were present throughout the day.

* According to its application to rodmen, levelers or assistant engineers.