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Besides Receipts relating to the lesser Technological matters and
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+402+ Candidates have +passed+ the competitive Examinations direct
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MILITIA MILITARY COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS.
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1888 {1st place Lieut. A. Martyn 1760 marks.
1889 {1st place Lieut. C. H. Turner 1929 marks.
1890 {1st place Lieut. S. Fitzgerald Cox 2034 marks.
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PRELIMINARY ARMY EXAMINATION.
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+BIENNIAL TOTALS from 1872 to 1889 of SUCCESSFUL ARMY CANDIDATES+,
Who have passed from Mr. Wolffram for Woolwich, Sandhurst, Direct
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1874 ” 1875 Thirty-eight 38
1876 ” 1877 Fifty-six 56
1878 ” 1879 Sixty-seven 67
1880 ” 1881 Sixty-two 62
1882 ” 1883 Eighty-one 81
1884 ” 1885 One hundred and seven 107
1886 ” 1887 One hundred and twenty-one 121
1888 ” 1889 One hundred and twenty-two 122
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Branch Establishment of Classes for the Militia Military Competitive
Examinations.
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Transcriber’s note:
A small number of obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
The spelling and punctuation of the source book have not been changed
even though some of the punctuation would not be accepted today; for
example, the plural of NCO (non-commissioned officer) is printed as
N. C. O.’s.