The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23
PHILIPPINE TEACHERS.

Civil Service Examination to be Held
 in This City for $50 Vacant Posi- lions.
 An examination will be held in this
 city by the civil service board for the
 positions of teachers in the schools of i the Philippine Islands. It will be held i Jnne 29 and 30 There are about eight
 hundred and fifty positions to be filled. The age limit is from twenty to forty ' years.
 The entrance salary will range from
 nine hundred to twelve hundred dollars
 per annum. Vacancies in the higher
 positions in the teaching service will
 be filled by promotion from the lower
 grades.
 This examination is open to all citi-
 zens of the United States who comply with the requirements, and offers an
 excellent opportunity to enter service
 which has many attractive features and to see a most interesting part of the world. China and Japan are near at
 hand and are favorite places to visit
 during vacations. The Philippine ser
 vice is classified, and the law contem- plates promotions on the basis of mer-
 it from the lowest to the highest posi- tions The climate is good and nearly all of the employees are in excellent l health.
 Appointees will be required to pay
 their travelling expenses from their
 places of residence to Manila, but if it is found necessary for the Philippine | government to bear any part of such 1 travelling expenses ten per cent. of the
 monthly salary of the employe will be ! retained until the amount retained is equal to the amount borne by the gov ernment. At the expiration of two years satisfactory service the actual
 and necessary travelling expenses borne by an employe in proceeding to Manila
 will be refunded to him. He will be all l lowed half salary from the date of ernbarkation and full salary from the l date of his arrival in the islands, pro- | vided that he proceeds directly to the islands; otherwise, he will be allowed
 half salary for such time as is ordina- rily required to perform the journey by the route directed. The half salary al-
 lowed him from the date of embarka- tion until his arrival in the islands will not be paid until after two years of satisfactory service. Each employe
 will be required to sign an agreement to serve at least two years i'll the Phil- ippines unless sooner released by the civil government or proper head of de- partment. |, A person who has been employed continuously in the Philippine service for three years or more is, upon his request when retiring from that ser vice, furnished transportation from Manila to San Francisco, and is al-
 lowed half salary for thirty days in ad- dition to full salary for the period which he may be granted as leave of absence
 Cost of Living.-Those who live out side of Manila can live fairly well for thirty dollars or less month. In Ma nila the cost to employees is deter mined largely by the manner of living. Many who rent rooms and live in mess es keep their living expenses in the neighborhood of thirty-five to forty dol lars a month. The better hotels charge dUUuL LOIly LOj ltLLS NiplidAS n iiiShhAI while the best. hotels are higher in their rates. A civil commissary has been established, the advantages of which are available to civilians in the provinces, but not in Manila. The large number of dwellings now being erected warrants the prediction of a material decrease in rents during the year.
 Competitors will be rated without re- gard to any consideration other than the qualifications shown in their ex- animation papers.
 Persons who desire to compete should at once apply to the United States civ Il service commission, Washington, D, C., for application forms 3 and 575, which should be properly executed and filed with the commission at Washing ton.