ENTIRE CLASSIFIED SERVICE. TABLE 17.-Showing changes in the executive civil service during the year ended June 30, 1909. [Summary of the totals in Tables 10, 12, 15, and 16, to which is added changes in the Rural Free Delivery Service, and among fourth-class postmasters.] 19 411 Customs.. Internal-Revenue. 455 3 279 23 3 15,086 74 15,086 796 742 7,216 931 25,661 5, 670 2,915 34,246 1,746 5,548 582 59 5,704 438 6,062 196 20,335 4, 521 2,917 27,773 82 201 35 355 673 57 730 3 25 18 Total.. 40, 159 27 4, 484 1,405 13,968 1,522 61, 565 7,082 3,576 72, 223 2,875 11,153 1,453 103 6,081 859 12,388 ទី២៖ 377 a Includes appointments which could not properly be placed under other subheadings, therefore the total differs from that of Table 7. b Under changes in status of positions are included 12 appointed by executive order in the Departmental Service; 2 in the Government Printing Office; and 1 in the Customs d The order of November 30, 1908, transferred to the competitive class fourth-class postmasters in fourteen States. Regulations governing appointments at less than $500 in the 1902. TABLE 18.--Showing separations from classified competitive positions, by branches of the service and by fiscal years, from 1902 to 1909, inclusive.a Total. 1,497 5,018 167 51 144 402 489 3, 479 383 64, 622 2,586 4,361 398 67,872 1,869 4,833 428 72, 094 842 8,066 448 89, 202 824 8, 550 2,100 82 12, 171 2,514 9,750 1,079 171, 807 3, 698 13,934 1,083 184, 178 3, 508 15, 289 1,254 196,918 Total...... 2, 888 10, 829 1,255 206, 643 2, 875 11, 153 1,453 234,940 31, 334 91,041 11,097 133, 472 a For separations prior to 1902 see preceding report. Separations from the Rural Free Delivery Service were included in 1905 for the first time. They are included among separations from the Post-Office Service. TABLE 19.-Showing number of positions, by status, on July 1, 1908, additions by appointments, etc., and subtractions by separations, etc., during the fiscal year, and number of positions on June 30, 1909. [Appointments and separations are shown in detail in Tables 10, 12, 15, and 16.] [This table is based upon the number of positions shown in the Official Register of 1903, and changes in the service since reported by the departments and offices. Some of the reports were not made in such manner as to permit of a definite distinction as to employment in Washington and elsewhere. The figures are therefore to be regarded as approximate only. Omissions to report certain changes, as explained in the detailed tables, and neglect of details necessary only for statistical purposes also contribute to making the figures approximate only.] White House. State Department. Treasury Department. War Department. Navy Department.. Post-Office Department. Department of the Interior. Department of Justice. Department of Agriculture. Department of Commerce and Labor. Interstate Commerce Commission. Civil Service Commission. Smithsonian Institution and bureaus. Isthmian Canal Commission. a Changes in the unclassified service are not reported. f On November 30, 1908, fourth-class postmasters in fourteen States were placed in the competitive service by amendment of the rules. The total number of fourth-class offices h Special agents of the Census Bureau, Bureau of Fisheries, Navigation Service, and field officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. ¿ The number on June 30, 1908, in the corresponding table for last year was 206,637, which has been increased by the addition of 15,488 fourth-class postmasters and diminished |