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The British Civil Service
H. W. H. | April 30, 1914 issue

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The article presents information on a Royal Commission of the British Civil Service. The most hotly contested question that has demanded the attention of the Royal Commissioners has been the relation of first division clerks to second division clerks. At present the first division is a corps d'élite of about 450 officials. They enter the service through the door of one of the most difficult examinations in the British Isles. With few exceptions, the successful candidates are men who already have gained high university distinctions. The higher status and better prospects of first division clerks are keenly resented by many members of the second division.

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CIVIL service reform; CIVIL service; CLERKS; EXAMINATIONS; PUBLIC officers; GREAT Britain
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