SIDENT.

SIR: This Commission has been informed by the Treasury Department
that an additional teller has been authorized to be appointed at the
custom-house in the city of New York, and that his immediate employment
is desired.

This position is not one excepted from examination by Customs Rule II,
clause 5, but the collector thinks, in view of its fiduciary character,
that it ought to be filled by noncompetitive instead of by competitive
examination, and in this view the Commission concurs. It is therefore
respectfully recommended that a noncompetitive examination for the
purpose be authorized under subdivision (_e_) of clause 2 of
General Rule III, Revised Civil-Service Rules.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

CHAS. LYMAN,
_Commissioner, in Charge._

Approved, October 17, 1888.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION,
_Washington, D.C., October 31, 1888_.

The PRESIDENT.

SIR: Approval of the following order for noncompetitive examinations
under the provisions of General Rule III, section 2, clause (_e_),
of Revised Civil-Service Rules, is respectfully recommended:

_Ordered_, That noncompetitive examinations to test fitness for the
following-designated places in the classified customs service are hereby
authorized:

1. In the customs district of New York, collector's office: The tellers
employed in the cashier's office; three stenographers employed under the
immediate supervision of the collector.

2. In the customs district of San Francisco: Chinese interpreter.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

CHAS. LYMAN,
_Commissioner, in Charge._

Approved, November 1, 1888.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION,
_Washington, D.C., October, 3 1888_.

The PRESIDENT.

SIR: Approval of the following order for noncompetitive examinations
under the provisions of General Rule III, section 2, clause (_e_),
of Revised Civil-Service Rules, is respectfully recommended:

_Ordered_, That noncompetitive examinations to test fitness for the
following-designated places in the classified departmental service are
hereby authorized:

1. In the Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, permanent
force: Assistant photographers.

2. In the Department of Labor: Special agents.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

CHAS. LYMAN,
_Commissioner, in