SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT . OF THE PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 1907 BUREAU OF INSULAR AFFAIRS WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON' GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1908 III EXHIBIT No. 1. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL SERVICE. MANILA, P. I., September 30, 1907. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following seventh annual report relating to the operation of the civil service law and covering the work performed by the bureau of civil service during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907: EXAMINATIONS. During the year covered by this report, 5,764 applicants were examined in Manila and in the provinces for entrance to the service and for promotion, transfer, or reinstatement therein, as compared with 5,293 for the preceding fiscal year, an increase of 471. The following summary does not include examinations to test fitness of skilled laborers and mechanics for appointment or employment. The number of Filipinos who entered examinations given in English was 3,078, of whom 631, or 21 per cent passed, as compared with 2,231 for the preceding fiscal year, of whom 401, or 18 per cent, passed, an increase of 847, or 38 per cent, in the number of Filipinos examined in English. The number of Filipinos examined in Spanish during the year was 1,863, of whom 675, or 36 per cent passed, as compared with 1,973, of whom 816, or 41 per cent, passed, during the preceding fiscal year, a decrease of 110, or 6 per cent. During the year 642 Americans were examined, of whom 322, or 50 per cent, passed, as compared with 702 examined during the preceding fiscal year, of whom 398, or 57 per cent, passed, a decrease of 60, or 9 per cent. It will be noted from the above that there was a large increase (38 per cent) in the number of Filipinos taking examinations in English, a decrease of 6 per cent in the number of Filipinos examined in Spanish, and a decrease of 9 per cent in the number of Americans examined. As Filipinos gain a better knowledge of English and of other subjects necessary to qualify them in performing duties other than those of a mere routine clerical order, modifications of former examinations are prepared from time to time to meet conditions as they arise. Assistant provincial treasurer examination.-In the hope that it would attract to the provincial service young men of good antecedents and high grade qualifications, an effort was made during the past year to obtain a list of eligibles from which selection might be made for appointment to the position of assistant provincial treasurer; examinations for this position were held in Manila and in the provinces on February 18, 19, and May 31-June 1, 1907. The examination is practically the same as that before given for appointment to the position of provincial treasurer, except that the former examination was given in English or in Spanish at the option of the applicant, whereas in the examination recently given the questions were in English only, it being allowable to write the answers in English or in Spanish. The former examination resulted in obtaining a number of eligibles for original appointment to the service, several of whom were Filipinos. In the latter examination only competitors who were already in the service and took the examination for promotion secured eligible ratings. It is regretted that competitors not in the public service with sufficient ability to qualify for this position did not enter the examination. The following extract from the first announcement of the assistant provincial treasurer examination shows clearly its purpose: “The attention of young men not in government service who are seeking a career which offers adequate reward, both as to money compensation and permanent official position, is earnestly invited to the exceptional opportunities now offered them in the treasury service of provincial governments. The entire treasury personnel, with the exception of a few minor positions, is in the 117 |