§ Mr. ALDENasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state the number of boy clerks, second division clerks, Customs assistants, Excise assistants, and assistant clerks (new class), respectively, appointed during each of the years from 1900 to 1911, both inclusive; and the number of boy clerks, second division clerks, and assistant clerks (new class), respectively, employed on the 1st day of January in each of the same years?
§ Mr. MASTERMANNumber of appointments as boy clerks, second division clerks, Customs assistants, Excise assistants, and assistant clerks (new class), during each of the years from 1900–1911, both inclusive:—
Year. Boy Clerks. Second Division Clerks. Customs Assistants. Excise Assistants. Assistant Clerks (New Class). 1900 1,206 509 74 161 240 1901 1,212 467 127 110 270 1902 723 292 107 95 171 1903 1,074 181 69 95 130 1904 986 187 47 115 180 1905 596 211 96 110 246 1906 923 331 33 110 281 1907 1,010 234 55 176 232 1908 937 297 39 141 296 1909 861 178 1 1 481 1910 934 340 247* 461 1911 1,215 186 495* 576 Total 1900–11 11,677 3,413 2,504 3,564 * Amalgamated Service. These figures include some assistant clerks of the old class, as many Departments do not distinguish between the two classes in the Estimates. The proportion of asistant clerks of the old class is a diminishing one.
914WBoy Clerks—Approximate number in employment on—
1st January, 1900 2,170 1st January, 1901 2,450 1st January, 1902 2,760 1st January, 1903 2,670 1st January, 1904 2,850 1st January, 1905 2,780 1st January, 1906 2,690 1st January, 1907 2,720 1st January, 1908 2,850 1st January, 1909 2,960 1st January, 1910 2,930 1st January, 1911 2,910 Second Division Clerls.—Approximate number in employment (including second-class class clerks, India Office) on—
1st January, 1900 3,250 1st January, 1901 3,440 1st January, 1902 3,750 1st January, 1903 3,980 1st January, 1904 3,790 1st January, 1905 3,910 1st January, 1906 3,660 1st January, 1907 3,640 1st January, 1908 3,760 1st January, 1909 3,770 1st January, 1910 3,670 1st January, 1911 4,030 Assistant clerks (abstractors).—Old and New Classes. Approximate number in employment on—
1st January, 1900 900 1st January, 1901 1,050 1st January, 1902 1,210 1st January, 1903 1,270 1st January, 1904 1,310 1st January, 1905 1,430 1st January, 1906 1,420 1st January, 1907 1,480 1st January, 1908 1,590 1st January, 1909 1,710 1st January, 1910 1,880 1st January, 1911 2,260 These figures include some assistant clerks of the old class, as many Departments do not distinguish between the two classes in the Estimates. The proportion of assistant clerks of the old class is a diminishing one.