§ MR. O'DOHERTY (Donegal, N.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will state what is the system adopted by the Civil Service Commissioners in adjudging the papers of candidates at the various examinations for Excise, Customs, and Second Division; and whether the standards fixed by the Civil Service Commissioners have been promulgated to one college only.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) The maximum of marks obtainable for the various subjects is fixed by the published regulations in the case of competitions for Assistants of Excise and Assistants of Customs, but not in those for Second Division or Customs Port Service. In the case of the two competitions last mentioned the Commissioners fix the maxima, care being taken that equal weight should always be assigned to optional subjects. The examiners then assign to the several candidates such proportion of the maximum marks as their work in each subject may be judged to deserve. No information is given by the Commissioners to any college or institution which is not accessible to all.