with the collection of the several duties levied under the name of Excise, Stamps, Land and Assessed Taxes, and Property and Income Tax, and amounting on the whole to nearly thirty-six millions at present. This large amount of national income is secured and transferred to the Treasury through the instrumentality of 5,440 persons, who form the establishment of the Inland Revenue Service. The department is divided into two great branches, that of the Excise and that of Stamps and Taxes; and the employés of one branch. are seldom transferred to the other. Vacancies, which are necessarily very numerous, are filled by limited competition on the nomination of the Lords of the Treasury.

24. The Joint-Stock Companies Registry, or department for superintending and entering the formation of Joint-Stock Companies, and of all other companies consisting of more than twenty-five members. There are four junior situations, filled by nomination of the President of the Board of Trade.

25. The London University. A few junior situations under Government are connected with this establishment, and vacancies to them are filled by nomination of the Senate of the University.

26. The Lunacy Commission, or department charged with the supervision of Lunatic Asylums and the protection of lunatics in England and Wales. There are seven junior situations at this office, candidates to which are nominated by either the Lord Chancellor or the Commissioners in Lunacy.

27. The Metropolitan Police Courts. The number of junior situations in this department, mostly clerkships, is between forty and fifty. Vacancies are filled by nomination of the Secretary of State for the Home Office.

28. The Metropolitan Police. Besides the appointments in the force itself, many of which are now filled

through examination, there are a certain number of junior situations in the Commissioner's and the Receiver's department of this office. The whole of these are in the patronage of the Home Secretary.

29. The Mint. There are about a dozen junior situations at this establishment. Vacancies in them are filled on nomination of the Lords of the Treasury.

30. The National Debt Office, or department for managing the funds provided by Parliament for the Reduction of the National Debt, and likewise for registering and superintending Savings Banks. The number of junior situations in this department is about twentytwo, and vacancies in them are filled by limited competition, after nomination by either the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt.

31. The Patent Office, or department for registering and specifying new discoveries, as constituted under the Patent Law Amendment Act, 15 and 16 Vic. c. 83. There are about ten junior situations at this office, and the patronage is exercised by the Lord Chancellor.

32. The Paymaster General's Office, or department for discharging all accounts connected with the military and naval expenditure of the country, as also with all civil payments charged upon the Consolidated Fund, and the sums voted by Parliament in the miscellaneous estimates. The number of junior situations in this office exceeds fifty, and vacancies to them are filled by limited competition, on nomination of the Paymaster General.

33. The Poor Law Board, or department for the supervision of unions, workhouses, vestries, and other establishments for the relief and management of the poor in the United Kingdom. There are from forty to forty-five junior situations, all of which are filled by limited competition, after nomination by the President

34. The General Post Office, or department of the public service with the exclusive authority of conveying letters within the United Kingdom. This is one of the largest offices under Government, affording employment to between twenty-four and twenty-five thousand persons, of whom about four thousand are at the chief offices of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin. The London office has two great subdivisions, called respectively the Secretary's department, and the Receiver's and Accountant General's department. Each of these is again subdivided into smaller branches, as, for example, the Secretary's department into the mail-coach office, the money-order office, and others. The number of junior situations in such a vast establishment is of course very large, and has lately become still more so on account of not only the ordinary clerkships, but the appointments of letter carriers, mail-guards, and labourers being filled by competitive examination. The nomination to all these rests with the Postmaster General.

35. The Prisons Department, or office for the supervision of all the county and borough goals in the United Kingdom. The exact number of junior situations in this department is not known, but they are tolerably numerous, inasmuch as the service extends throughout England and Scotland. The patronage is exercised by the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, in conjunction with the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

36. The Privy Council Office, or department for the preparation and execution of orders made by the Sovereign. The department is divided into three branches, called the Committee for Trade, the Judicial Committee, and the Committee for Education. The last named branch, however, has been partly separated from the office during late years on account of the extraordinary increase of its business, and as such, has been noticed already under No. 9. Vacancies are

filled on nomination of the President of the Council, and the Vice-President.

37. The Privy Seal Office, or department for preparing warrants under the royal sign manual. There are three junior situations in this office, which are filled on nomination by the Lord Privy Seal.

38. The Public Works Loan Office, or department for granting loans to corporate bodies, companies, and parishes, for the execution of works of a public character. In this office are six junior situations, vacancies to which are filled by the Lords of the Treasury.

39. The Record Office, or department for the preservation and arrangement of all ancient and modern records and state papers. There are from forty to fifty junior situations in this office, which are filled by limited competition, on nomination of the Master of the Rolls.

40. The Science and Art Department, or office for directing and assisting polytechnic schools, industrial museums, geological surveys, and other undertakings of like nature. The department has some sixty or seventy junior situations, which are filled by limited competition, on nomination of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and the Vice-President of the Council of Education.

41. The Stationery Office, or department for the purchase of paper and parchment, the binding of books, the ruling, printing, and lithographing of forms, documents, and circulars used in the various branches of the public service. There are nearly fifty junior situations at this office, vacancies to which are filled on nomination by the Lords of the Treasury.

42. The Trade Department, or office for collecting and publishing statistical information respecting trade and commerce, for superintending railway lines, steam

boats, and electric telegraphs, as well as for registering designs of new inventions, and investigating dis-. coveries of a public nature. The office is divided into four secondary departments, called respectively the General Department, the Railway Department, the Mercantile Marine Department, and the Statistical Department. There are, in the whole, nearly a hundred junior situations, part of which are filled by limited competition, on nomination of the President of the Board of Trade.

43. The Treasury, or highest branch of the executive, charged especially with the general superintendence and control of all matters of finance, including the public income and expenditure. On account of these high functions, appointments in the department are always more sought after than those in other branches of the public service, with, perhaps, the sole exception of the Foreign Office. The department is divided into two branches, called the Treasury Board and the Solicitor's Office. There are between fifty and sixty junior situations, vacancies to which are filled by limited competition, after nomination by any of the five lords of the Treasury.

44. The War Department, or office for the administration and supervision of the army at home and abroad. The department is divided into the Commander-in-Chief's Office, the Quartermaster-General's Office, the Adjutant-General's Office, and the Judge Advocate-General's Office. Besides these there are a number of subordinate manufacturing departments, and military stores establishments, in all of which are a large number of junior situations. The whole of these, amounting to between four and five hundred, are at present filled by limited competition, after previous nomination of the Secretary of State for War....

45. The Woods and Forests Office, or department for managing and superintending the royal forests and woodlands, and the manors and territories of the crown