§ Mr. JAMES HOPEasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the assistant examiners appointed by the Civil Service Commissioners are paid at a fixed rate or according to the number of candidates examined or by a combination of both methods?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe assistant examiners are chiefly professors, lecturers, and schoolmasters, who from time to time undertake occasional work for the Civil Service Commissioners. They are paid according to the amount of work done, the chief factor in which is the number of candidates1710W examined. None of those examiners accounted for under Sub-head B of the Vote for the Civil Service Commission receive any salary or fixed annual payment.
§ Mr. JAMES HOPEasked whether unsuccessful candidates in Civil Service examinations are entitled to recover any part of the stamp fees they have paid on entrance to the examinations?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEUnsuccessful candidates in Civil Service examinations are not entitled to receive any part of the stamp fees they have paid on entrance to the examinations.
§ Mr. JAMES HOPEasked why it was necessary to hire special halls for Civil Service examinations during the current financial year?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEExaminations are held all over the country, and the number of candidates occasionally runs into thousands. Buildings used simply for Civil Service examinations and large enough to accommodate the candidates would stand unused during most of the year.
§ Mr. J. HOPEasked if the land valuers appointed under the Finance Act are previously examined by the Civil Service Commissioners or otherwise?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEValuers under the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, are appointed by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, under the authority of the Board of Treasury, in accordance with Section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1859, but they are not examined by the Civil Service Commissioners.