CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2162, 29 January 1881, Page 2

CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.

The statistics lately published respecting the Civil Service examinations held in December show that, out of 87 junior candidates, 36 passed and 51 failed. With regard to those who failed, it appears that the most general cause of the disaster was their deficient knowledge in History. Sucking Civil servants apparently refuse to grapple with dates or to entertain general views on events to bo numbered with the past. Of the senior candidates, 13 passed and 23 failed. As has been the case for several years, Nelson carries off the honors, 7 out of the 13 senior candidates, and 12 out of the 36 junior, being Nelson boys„ As we have before remarked, this is not attributable to the larger mental qualifications of the Nelson boys at large, but simply to the fact that the Civil Service is not in favour with parents, and where other openings exist for their children they are not anxious to enter them for the Civil Service Stakes. Indeed, judging from the way in which these examinations have of late run, our Civil Service of the future will be composed almost entirely of Nelson men. It is generally believed that such are eminently adapted for the “ Government stroke.” If the larks in Nelson do indeed, as stated, lean against the posts when they sing, the place is evidently a charming nursery for our various departments. An easy-going temperament, and as total an indifference as possible to 10 per cent, reductions, may bo expected from individuals brought up in Sleepy Hollow.