STATUTORY RULES.
1919.
No. 216.
COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE
REGULATIONS (SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT, 1919).
I,
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations
under the Commonwealth Public Service Act
1902-1918, to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this
twenty-seventh day of August, 1919.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His
Excellency’s Command,
GEO. H. WISE,
for Acting Prime Minister.
Amendment of Commonwealth Public Service Regulations.
The Public Service Regulations are
amended by repealing regulations 193, 194, 195, and 196, and inserting the
following regulations in their stead:—
Examinations
for appointments in Clerical Division.
“193.
(1.) Except as provided in regulations 194 and 204, every candidate for
admission to the Clerical Division shall be examined in the following subjects:—
Full
marks. |
(a) Handwriting.—To be
valued for legibility, neatness, and simplicity, judged by the answers to the
examination papers in Dictation and Arithmetic.......
| 400 |
(b) Dictation.........................................................................................
| 400 |
(c) English.—Essay
writing, précis writing, correction
of grammatical errors, analysis, and the meanings of words..................................................................
| 400 |
(d) Arithmetic—Thefull course, such as is usually
contained in a standard treatise
| 400 |
(e) Geography.—Outlines
of physical and political geography, and the geography of the Commonwealth of
Australia in moderate detail..............................
| 300 |
(f) English History.—From
the middle of the 18th century to the present time, especially with reference
to Australia and other British Dependencies.............
| 300 |
and
may, if the candidate so desires, be examined innot more than two of the following optional or additional
subjects:—
(g) Mathematics.—Geometry,
theoretical and practical. Elements of Geometry as contained
Full
marks. |
in
any of the modern text-books, including simple theorems about angles,
parallels, congruent triangles, inequalities, parallelograms; areas of
rectangles, triangles, and parallelograms; theorems corresponding to
algebraic identities; relations between the squares on the sides of
right-angled, acute, and obtuse-angled triangles; centre, diameter, and
chords of a circle; intersection and contact of circles; tangents; angles in
segments; cyclic quadrilaterals; intersecting chords; circumscribed,
inscribed, and escribed circles of a triangle; regular polygons; loci; theory
of proportion relating to triangles of a given altitude, proportional
division of the sides of a triangle, similar triangles, bisector of an angle
of a triangle.
|
Constructions, depending on the above, of points,
angles, straight lines, triangles, parallelograms, squares, regular hexagons
and circles, satisfying given data, may be required to be done carefully with
graduated ruler, protector, and compasses.
|
Algebra up to and including Quadratic Equations in
one or two unknown quantities
| 350 |
(h) Latin, including
easy sight translation, easy composition, and grammar
| 300 |
(i) French, same as in Latin....................................................................
| 300 |
(j) Elementary Physics.—The
properties of matter, elementary mechanics, and the elements of electricity,
magnetism, and heat................................................
| 300 |
(k) Shorthand and
Typewriting.—Shorthand will comprise three tests of three minutes each,
at the rates of 80, 100, and 120 words a minute, 45 minutes being allowed for
the transcription of the whole. The transcription must be written. (200
marks.)
|
No speed is prescribed
for Typewriting. Candidates will be allowed a certain time for typing the
paper set. (100 marks).............................................
| 300 |
(2.)
No candidate shall be qualified
for appointment unless he obtains at least three-fifths of the full marks in
each of the first four subjects, and half the aggregate marks in the remaining
two compulsory subjects.
(3.)
In optional subjects no candidate shall be credited with any marks unless he
obtains at least 25 per cent. of the full number allotted for any subject.
Examinations
for appointment in Clerical Division of persons who have served in
Expeditionary Forces.
“194.
(1.) Examinations may be arranged for appointment to the Clerical Division of
persons who have served with satisfactory record in any Expeditionary Force
raised under the provisions of
the
Defence Act 1903-1918, the subjects
of which shall be as follow:—
Full
marks. |
(a) Handwriting.—To be
valued for legibility, simplicity, and neatness, judged by the answers to the
examination papers in Dictation and Arithmetic.......
| 400 |
(b) Dictation.........................................................................................
| 400 |
(c) English.—Essay
writing; précis writing; correction
of grammatical errors; meanings of words; and simple analysis (comprising
division of a piece of English into its component clauses, division of
sentences into subject and predicate, naming the character of each sentence).
In lieu of analysis a candidate may elect to paraphrase a simple piece of
verse....................................................................
| 400 |
(d) Arithmetic.—The
first four rules, simple and compound; averages; simple proportion;
percentages; simple interest and discount; measurement of rectangular
surfaces
| 400 |
(e) Geography.—Outlines
of physical and political geography, and the geography of the Commonwealth of
Australia in moderate detail..............................
| 300 |
(f) English History.—From
the middle of the eighteenth century to the present time, especially with
reference to Australia and other British Dependencies
| 300 |
(g) Mathematics.—Geometry,
theoretical and practical. Elements of geometry as contained in any of the
modern text-books, including simple theorems about angles, parallels,
congruent triangles, inequalities, parallelograms; areas of rectangles,
triangles, and parallelograms; theorems corresponding to algebraic
identities; relations between the squares on the sides of right-angled,
acute, and obtuse-angled triangles; centre, diameter, and chords of a circle;
intersection and contact of circles; tangents; angles in segments; cyclic
quadrilaterals; intersecting chords; circumscribed, inscribed, and escribed
circles of a triangle; regular polygons; loci; theory of proportion relating
to triangles of a given altitude, proportional division of the sides of a
triangle, similar triangles, bisector of an angle of a triangle. Constructions, depending on the above, of points,
angles, straight lines, triangles, parallelograms, squares, regular hexagons,
and circles, satisfying given data, may be required to be done carefully with
graduated ruler, protractor, and compasses.
|
Algebra up to and
including quadratic equations in one or two unknown quantities...................................................................................................
| 300 |
Full
marks. |
(h) Bookkeeping.—Use of
subsidiary books, including cash book, sales book, purchases book, bills
receivable book, bills payable book. Ledger, nominal, real, and personal
accounts. Trial balances. Extracting trading and profit and loss accounts and
balance-sheets..........................................................................................
| 300 |
(i) Business Knowledge.—Business
correspondence (composition of letters, treatment of out-going letters,
treatment of in-coming letters, indexing). Postal information (chief oversea
mail routes from and to Australia, registered letters, late letters, parcels
post, money orders, postal notes). Banking (notes, cheques, pay-in slips,
exchange, current accounts, overdrafts, deposits). Common commercial terms
and abbreviations.
| 300 |
(j) Shorthand and
Typewriting.—Shorthand will comprise three tests of three minutes each,
at the rates of 80, 100, and 120 words a minute, 45 minutes being allowed for
the transcription of the whole. The transcription must be written. (200
marks.) No speed is prescribed
for typewriting. Candidates will be allowed a fixed time for typing the set
paper. (100 marks.).................................................
| 300 |
(k) Latin.—Including
easy sight translation, easy composition, and grammar
| 300 |
(l) French.—Same as in
Latin................................................................
| 300 |
(m) Elementary Physics.—The
properties of matter, elementary mechanics, and the elements of electricity,
magnetism, and heat................................................
| 300 |
(n) Elementary Chemistry.—The
principal nonmetallic elements and their chief inorganic compounds..................................................................................
| 300 |
(2.)
A candidate must undergo examination in at least six but not more than eight
subjects, four of which shall be (a), (b), (c), and (d) above, the remaining two, three, or four being left to his
choice.
(3.)
To pass the examination, a candidate must obtain at least 1,320 of the 2,200
marks available for six subjects, viz.:—(a), (b), (c),
and (d), and the two of the selected subjects in which the highest marks
are obtained, and at least 25 per cent. of the marks allotted to each of such
subjects.
(4.)
A successful candidate will also be credited with the marks awarded in the one
or two additional subjects he may have taken, if at least 25 per cent. of the
marks available for each of the additional subjects is obtained, but the marks
for a subject not considered for the purpose of a pass shall be awarded on a
maximum of 200.
Candidates
for positions in which operating ability required.
“195.
Candidates for employment in the Postmaster-General’s Department, in positions
in the Clerical Division where operating ability is required, must, prior to
registration for examination, produce a certificate from the Chief Officer or
other officer in the State
duly
authorized by the Permanent Head, setting forth that such candidates have the
requisite technical knowledge and experience, and that they are capable of
undertaking the work required of them.
Transfer
from General Division to Clerical Division.
“196.
Examinations may be held as required under the provisions of section 23(4) of
the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902-1918
to enable officers of the General Division to qualify for transfer to the Fifth
Class of the Clerical Division. Candidates for examination under this
regulation shall, in addition to such other subjects or tests as the
Commissioner may from time to time specify for particular positions, be
required to pass in the subjects specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of regulation 193. (1.):
Provided
that an officer of the General Division who has served with satisfactory record
in any Expeditionary Force raised under the provisions of the Defence Act 1903-1918, and who has
passed an examination prescribed under regulation 194 or regulation 204, shall
be deemed to have passed the examination prescribed by this regulation.”
Printed and Published
for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J.
Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.