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volume by saying that it sets forth what Government situations

there are to be obtained, and how they are to be secured. The situations are divided into open competitions, ordinary and special (the ordinary being subdivided into periodical and irregular) ; open competitions for female appointments ; open competitions for Indian and Colonial appointments ; and, finally, nomination appointments. Full particulars are given of each of these classes, and specimens of the examination papers set in the competitions are furnished.