TABLE 2.-Apportionment of appointments in the departmental service at Washington, D. C., from July 16, 1883, to June 30, 1920.

TABLE 3.-Showing, for all branches of the classified service, the number examined, the number that passed, the per cent that passed, the number appointed, the per cent appointed of those that passed, and the approximate number of competitive classified positions in the service during the several periods covered by the reports of the commission.

May 1, 1889, to June 30, 1889..
July 1, 1889, to June 30, 1890.
July 1, 1890, to June 30, 1891.
July 1, 1891, to June 30, 1892.
July 1, 1892, to June 30, 1893.
July 1, 1893, to June 30, 1894..
July 1, 1894, to June 30, 1895..
July 1, 1895, to June 30, 1896.
July 1, 1896, to June 30, 1897.
July 1, 1897, to June 30, 1898.

July 1, 1898, to June 30, 1899.
July 1, 1899, to June 30, 1900.
July 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901.

3,828

79.8

698

18.2

July 1, 1901, to June 30, 1902..
July 1, 1902, to June 30, 1903.

4,359

3, 593

82.4

816

22.7

9,000

377

July 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904.

11, 301

6,388

July 1, 1904, to June 30, 1905.

12, 171

July 1, 1905, to June 30, 1906.

13, 456

6, 620

July 1, 1906, to June 30, 1907.

14, 212

July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1908.

6,566

4, 085

62.2

15, 230

2,651

50.2

9, 674

July 1, 1908, to June 30, 1909..
July 1, 1909, to June 30, 1910.

11, 336

July 1, 1910, to June 30, 1911..
July 1, 1911, to June 30, 1912..
July 1, 1912, to June 30, 1913...

17,428

(2)

29.3

18, 297

19,620

1 Includes clerks and carriers at classified post offices, rural carriers, and fourth-class postmasters.

2 On account of the abundance of eligibles remaining from the previous year, but few examinations were held; percentage upon the basis of these figures would therefore be deceptive."

TABLE 3.-Showing, for all branches of the classified service, the number examined, the number that passed, etc.-Continued.

July 1, 1908, to June 30, 1909.

99,756

76,911

77.1

89,918

24,835

32.3

July 1, 1909, to June 30, 1910..
July 1, 1910, to June 30, 1911.
July 1, 1911, to June 30, 1912..
July 1, 1912, to June 30, 1913.
July 1, 1913, to June 30, 1914..
July 1, 1914, to June 30, 1915.
July 1, 1915, to June 30, 1916.
July 1, 1916, to June 30, 1917..
July 1, 1917, to June 30, 1918.
July 1, 1918, to June 30, 191 )..
July 1, 1919, to June 30, 1920...

85, 192

66,645

78.2

28, 166

42.0

57,560

122,818

53,302

38, 107

130.3

44,924

69.8

103,577

84, 245

51,604

103, 841

63.9

108, 783

22,709

36.7

82,599

58,177

70.4

24,383

41.9

116, 590

73, 190

49.9

61,642

84.2

492, 196

344, 787

70.1

175,661

50.9

369, 870

251,904

221,539

146,667