Guide to the civil service examinations [by H. White].1856 |
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15 Find 1st Examination acres Admiralty annum Arithmetic including Vulgar Bought Britain British Calculate the duty candidate cent Civil Service coal Colonies Commissioners compound interest Correspondence cost countries crown Decimal Fractions Describe double entry dwts England English Composition English History Explain feet Find the amount Find the interest Find the value France French Geography George Give some account Glossop Glossop union gross guardians guinea house of Stuart inches income tax Joseph Gillott King Latin ledger letter Lords Lowest salary lowest terms miles obtain OFFICE Paid paper Patronage vested Poor Law Board port wine pound pound sterling Précis reams Recd Reduce reign respectively Rule of Three simple interest Smith Sold for cash square yards subjects Swinton tare tons towns troy Troy weight value in money Vulgar and Decimal Vulgar Fractions weight workhouse worth Writing from Dictation
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