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Civil Service Commission: Abstracts

Catalogue reference: CSC 7

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CSC 7

A series of volumes containing brief information and conditions for entry attaching to competitions, normally published once or twice a year.The Abstracts were also known as follows:Limits of Age and Schemes, 1855-1874;Limits of Age and Subjects,...

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CSC 7

Title
Civil Service Commission: Abstracts
Date

1860-1966

Description

A series of volumes containing brief information and conditions for entry attaching to competitions, normally published once or twice a year.

The Abstracts were also known as follows:

  • Limits of Age and Schemes, 1855-1874;
  • Limits of Age and Subjects, 1875-1890;
  • Rules and Regulations respecting examinations, 1891-1920;
  • Civil Service Examinations, 1921-1939;
  • Abstract of Rules respecting situations filled by nomination, 1949.

No copies were printed for 1870-1871, 1893-1894, 1914, 1917, 1920-1925, 1928, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1940-1948.

Related material

Regulations, rules and memoranda in respect of open and limited competitions are in CSC 6

Separated material

Many abstracts are bound up in Annual Reports in

CSC 4

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

26 volume(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5532/

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Civil Service Commission: Abstracts