Evening star., 1896-08-06
VACANCIES TO BE FILLED
Examinations Announced by the Civil Ser
vice Commission.
Qualifications Will BE Ascertained
yers and Scientists.

Tho civil service commission VIII hold an
examination on August n to I'LL vacancy
In the position Of sawyer at the Colvfile
agency. Washington state, at q salary Of
500 per annum. This examination will be
held in connection with other examinations
on the same date for the Indian service.
The subjects will be orthography. penman-
ship. copying. arithmetic and practical
questions. Each applicant will be examined
at the nearest point to his home at which
the commission has competent board Of
examiners. Persons desiring to compete
should write at once to the civil service
commission for an application blank.
Nautical Almanac Assistant.
An examination will be held September
3 to fill a vacancy in the position of assist
ant In the Nautical Almanac office at a sal
ary of $1.2W per annum. Twelve hours
will be allowed for the completion of the
examination-seven hours on the first day
and five hours on the second day. The SUBJ
]ects Will be algebra, geometry. trigonom-
elry, analytic geometry. differential and in
tegral calculus. logarithms, spherical as
tfonomy and theoretical astronomy, the last
three subjects to be taken on the second
DAY OF the examination. Persons desiring
u compete in this examina ton should
write at once to the civil service commits
sion, Washington. d. c., for an application
blank. and should file their applications i'm
med1ately. Arrangements will be made to
examine each applicant at the nearest point
to his home at which the commission has a
competent board Of examiners.
Phystcist for Agricultural Depart
ment.
The commission will hold an examination
commencing at am, August %, to fill
vacancy in the position of physicist in the
division Of soils, Department of Agricul-
ture. at u salary of 81. 400 per annum. The
subjects of the examination will be the
regular clerk-copyist subjects and in ad-
dftion physical chemistry, with special
reference to the nature and properties of
solutions: general physics, with special ref
erence to electricity. heat and mechanics.
including methods of measurement; mathe-
matics. analytic geometry, differental and
integral calculus and the solution of differ
entlal equations ordinarily occurring in
physics: German and French, translation
OF scientific German and French into En-
glisn. The technical subjects will be
weighted 15 per cent of the whole examina-
ton. Arrangements will be made to ex-
anime applicants at the nearest point to
their place of residence at which the COM
mission has competent boards of examin-
ers. Those desiring to compete should OBJ
tain application blanks and file their ap-
pl1cations with the civil service commission
Washington. d. c., at the earliest date
possible.
Superintendent of COnstructfOn.
The United States civil service commits
sion will hold an examination. commencing
at am. August 20. to establish a register
OF eligibles for the position Of superintend-
ent Of construction from which vacancies
may be filed. vacancy now exists at
South Bend. Ind. the compensation for
which Is at the rate Of s. per diem, Sun
days excepted. The subjects of the exam
letter
arithmetic. including calculations, and prac-
teal questions on materials and construc-
tion. The examination will require eight
hours for its completion. Applicants may
be examined at points nearest to their
homes where the commission has competent
be ards of examinera