Result of Examination at Sing Sing, May 31, 1888, for Guards at the Sing Sing State Prison.

Result of Examination at Auburn, July 11, 1888, for Guards at the

In February last, candidates for appointment to subordinate positions under the board of electrical control in the city of New York filed applications for examination with the Commission.

As the examinations of candidates for such positions had, prior to that time, been held under the direction of the civil service advisory board of the city of New York, the question as to whether or not the employés of this board were State employés was submitted to the Attorney-General, who, in an opinion rendered March fourteenth last,

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held that "the commissioners referred to are State officers in the sense that they are the agents of the State rather than of the city of New York." The employés were accordingly classified and an examination of candidates for the various positions was held in New York May twenty-second.

Ten candidates for the position of electrical expert appeared at the examination, three of whom were found qualified.

Thirteen candidates competed for the position of inspector of underground construction, five of whom reached the standard required.

Nineteen candidates entered the examination for inspector of electrical conductors, thirteen of whom were found qualified.

The results of these several examinations are shown in the following tables:

Result of Examination at New York, May 22, 1888, for Position of Electrical Experts.

Electrical experts...

No.

Highest average.

Lowest average.

Result of Examination at New York, May 22, 1888, for Inspectors of Underground Construction.

Nineteen..

Result of Examination at New York, May 22, 1888, for Position of Inspectors of Electrical Conductors.

Inspectors of electrical conductors..

Highest

Lowest

No.

average.

average.

CLERKS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION.

On January 30, 1888, the Commissioners of Emigration made a request for a clerk who could speak the German language, and also one who could speak the Italian and French languages. As no person on the regular eligible list of clerks was conversant with these languages, a provisional examination was held February second. Ferdinand Dryer and Malcolm Douglas were given certificates of qualification for such positions.

On February twenty-third a request was made for a clerk who could speak the German and Polish languages, and another provisional examination became necessary and was held March ninth. Charles Sempsey was awarded a certificate of qualification.

In consequence of these repeated requests for clerks having knowledge of foreign languages, a special competitive examination for clerkships at Castle Garden was held in New York on May twentysecond. Twenty-nine candidates appeared, seventeen of whom successfully passed the examination.

The following table shows in detail the result of this examination : Result of Examination at New York, May 22, 1888, for Clerks, Castle Garden.

Number appearing

Result of Examination at New York (Continued).

Thirty-eight candidates presented themselves for examination on June thirteenth. I was assisted in the oral examination by the superintendent. The examination was conducted upon the plan outlined in report on the examination of prison officers, the scope of the examination and method of marking being similar.

The following tabulated statement shows the general results of the examination :

Result of Examination at Elmira, June 13, 1888, for Guards at the Elmira Reformatory.

FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD GRADE CLERKS AND MESSENGERS.

The annual examination for clerkships and messengers was held November twenty-seventh.

Eighty-five candidates for clerkships entered the examination, sixty of whom passed. Eight candidates for the position of messenger appeared, seven of whom passed. The examination was held on the same day, at the following places: Albany, New York, Buffalo, Syracuse, Elmira and Plattsburgh.

The papers were marked by the General Board of Examiners at Albany.

Results of General Examination held November 27, 1888, for First, Second and Third Grade Clerks, and Messengers.