TABLE 35.-Showing number and percentage of separations from the six largest custom-houses each year, 1896 to 1902.

July, 1896, to June, 1897. July, 1897, to June, 1898. July, 1898, to June, 1899. July, 1899, to June, 1900. July, 1900, to June, 1901. July, 1901, to June, 1902. Philadelphia:

July, 1896, to June, 1897. July, 1897, to June, 1898. July, 1898, to June, 1899. July, 1899, to June, 1900. July, 1900, to June, 1901. July, 1901, to June, 1902. Boston:

July, 1896, to June, 1897. July, 1897, to June, 1898. July, 1898, to June, 1899. July, 1899, to June, 1900. July, 1900, to June, 1901. July, 1901, to June, 1902. Baltimore:

July, 1896, to June, 1897. July, 1897, to June, 1898. July, 1898, to June, 1899. July, 1899, to June, 1900. July. 1900, to June, 1901. July, 1901, to June, 1902. San Francisco:

July, 1896, to June, 1897.
July, 1897, to June, 1898.
July, 1898, to June, 1899.
July, 1899, to June, 1900.
July, 1900, to June, 1901.
July, 1901, to June, 1902.
New Orleans:

July, 1896, to June, 1897.
July, 1897, to June, 1898.
July, 1898, to June, 1899.
July, 1899, to June, 1900.
July, 1900, to June, 1901.
July, 1901, to June, 1902.

TABLE 36.-Showing the number of classified and of excepted and unclassified employees in the six largest custom-houses, July 1, 1902.

TABLE 37.-Showing number appointed from competitive examinations in the New York custom-house during each fiscal year, commencing July 1, 1883, and the number removed of those so appointed during the same period.

INTERNAL-REVENUE SERVICE.

HISTORICAL SKETCH.

On May 7, 1895, an Executive order was issued classifying clerks, storekeepergaugers, and gaugers in the Internal-Revenue Service, and on May 6, 1896, this was followed by an order extending the civil-service rules to all officers and employees in that service above mere laborers and below officers subject to confirmation by the Senate. Under the first order deputy collectors were not classified, and their omission made the application of the rules to this service largely nugatory. The second order had the effect of classifying the entire service within the limits fixed by the civil-service act. These orders brought into the classified service 2,939 employees. By the amendments to the rules of November 2, 1896, and July 27, 1897, the following positions were excepted from competitive examination: 1. One employee in each district to act as cashier or chief deputy or assistant collector.

2. One deputy collector in each district in which the number of employees in the office of the collector exceeds four.

3. One deputy collector in each stamp agency or branch office.

Under the amendment of July 27, 1897, it was required that appointments to such positions should be made subject to a noncompetitive examination, to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury and not disapproved by the Commission, equal to the examination held by the Commission for positions of like grades, such examinations to be conducted by the Commission in accordance with its regulations. On May 29, 1899, the President excepted from competitive examination the following additional classes of employees:

1. Deputy collectors who are borne on the rolls as such, and the allowance for whose salaries is approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.

2. Storekeepers and gaugers whose compensation does not exceed $3 per day when actually employed, and whose aggregate compensation shall not exceed $500 per annum.

3. All positions in Alaska.

This amendment further provided that appointments to the above-enumerated positions should be subject to an examination, to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, equivalent to the examination held by the Commission for positions of like grade, such examination to be conducted by the Civil Service Commission. Since the promulgation of this order over 700 persons have been appointed in the Internal-Revenue Service, subject to noncompetitive examination. The Commission has been able to examine but 11 of the persons so appointed.

The Internal-Revenue Service now contains approximately 3,480 classified positions, embracing 1,430 that are excepted from competitive examination. Of these 578 are storekeepers and gaugers, 832 deputy collectors, and 20 employees excluded in part under paragraph 8 of Rule III, leaving 2,050 competitive positions. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902, there were reported to the Commission 382 separations and 325 appointments in the noncompetitive service, while there were 148 separations and 301 appointments in the competitive portion. Two hundred and fifty were appointed through examination and certification, the remaining 51 being reinstatements under Rule IX, 44 of which were reinstated under the military clause and 7 were civilians. The Commission has been unable to hold all the noncompetitive examinations required under Rule VI. Of 625 persons appointed in the classified Internal-Revenue Service during the fiscal year, 250 entered through competitive or noncompetitive examination.