The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-01 00:00:00

THE SUN,: .LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER I, 1868.

ASSISTANT . SCIIOOO.IAS'rEIt AT
SHEERNESS.
Anatialtav,23d Sept.. 1363.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN', hat a VACANCY exists for
an ASSISTANT SCHOOLMASTER at Sheerness Dockyard. '
Candidates who may wish to undergo a Competitive Exaiuiva-
tion for such an appointment are invited to'apply, either per-
sonally or by letter, to the Civil Service:Commissioners, Gateway,
Dean's-yard., Westminster, on or helot's; the Bth of October, fur-
nishing certificates of • age and healtb,-together with testimonials
as to character and capacity for teaching. The examination will
commence on Tuesday, the 13th October. Candidates must be
between the ages of 20 and 35. and will he examined in the fol-
lowing subjects, in all of which it will be necessary for Candi-
dates ,to pass:-
1. Exercises as to Handwriting and Orthography.
2. Arithmetic and Mensuration.
_ _ . .

3. Grammar and Analyidg of SetdAtinai.s.

4. English Composition. , • • •
5. Physical and Political Geogtt:phy of the World, e9peciall3
of England and Europe. •
6. English History.
7. Euclid—first four and sixth books, andlirst twenty-one pro-
positions of the eleventh book.
8. Algebra.
•
9. Plane Trigonomotry. •
10. Differential and Integral Calculus (Elementary), and Plane
Co-ordinate Geometry (Elementary): ".• • - • •
11. The Elementary Principles of Mechanics and Hydrostatics,
not requiring the Diff rential Calculus.
They will also be competitively examined in the followingsub-
jects, and although it will not be necessary for each Candidate
to have a knowledge of these latter subjects, a high value will
be set on them:-
12. Elementary Chemistry and Physics.
13. Plane Trigonometry (Analytical) and Spherical Trigono-
metry.
14. Plane Co-ordinate Geomeiry (more advanced) and Analyti-
cal Geometry of three dimensions.
15. Differential and Integral Calculus (more advanced) and the
easier Differential Equations.
16. Mechanics and Hydrostatics, including Problems requiring
the Differential Calculus for their solution.
The salary of the Assistant Schoolmaster at Sheerness Dock-
yard commences at £lOO per annum, increasing by £lO each year
to £l4O, and the Certificate of the Civil Service Commissioners
will entitle the successful Candid .te to the benefit of the Super-
annuation Act.
Assistant Dockyard Sehoolmastern are etigible fOr promotion
to the higher office of Schoolmaster and Head Schoolmaster,
with salaries varying from £l5O to £250 per annum.
W. G. ROMAINE.

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