§ Mr. ALDENasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state the number of 1136W appointments of clerks of the first division during each of the years 1900–11 by examination and by promotion from the second division respectively; the total number of first division clerks at present employed; the number of appointments to the intermediate class by examination and by promotion from the second division respectively; and the total number of intermediate clerks employed at the present time?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe number of appointments to the first division in the years 1900–11 is as follows:—
— By Open Competition. By Promotion from the Second Division. 1900 … 29 6 1901 … 33 5 1902 … 13 5 1903 … 39 6 1904 … 34 1 1905 … 15 3 1906 … 34 6 1907 … 18 2 1908 … 19 6 1909 … 17 3 1910 … 32 7 1911 … 27 5 Total for 12 years 310 55 The number of appointments to the intermediate class since 1905, when the grade was first created, is as follows:—
— By Open Competition. By Promotion from the Second Division or Staff Clerkships. 1905 … — 295 1906 … 25 2 1907 … 30 22 1908 … 75 66 1909 … 81 36 1910 … 62 25 1911 … 62 5 These figures include twenty appointments in the offices of the Crown Agents to the Colonies and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. I am unable to state, without making inquiry of each Department, the total number of first division clerks at present employed. The total number of clerks of the intermediate class is about 720.