TABLE
Showing numbers of examinations, number of those examined, passed, appointed, age, education, etc., in the Department Service, Washington.
| States, Territories, and Dist. of Columbia. | Number examined. | Male. | Female. | Average age. | Education. | Number passed at 65 per cent. or over. | Number appointed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common School. | Academy. | College. | |||||||
| Alabama | 4 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Arizona Territory | 1 | .. | 1 | 33 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| California | 7 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Colorado | 4 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Connecticut | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 |
| Dakota Territory | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| District of Columbia | 125 | 54 | 71 | 25 | 48 | 53 | 24 | 74 | 3 |
| Delaware | 1 | .. | 1 | 25 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Florida | 2 | .. | 2 | 36 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Georgia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Illinois | 24 | 16 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| Indiana | 40 | 29 | 11 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 2 |
| Indian Territory | 1 | 1 | .. | 30 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Iowa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Kansas | 15 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Kentucky | 21 | 16 | 5 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 2 |
| Louisiana | 6 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Maine | 14 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| Maryland | 66 | 40 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 35 | 18 | 44 | 3 |
| Massachusetts | 36 | 27 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 26 | 1 |
| Michigan | 18 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| Minnesota | 7 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 3 | .. | 4 | 4 | .. |
| Mississippi | 4 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Missouri | 15 | 11 | 4 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Nebraska | 1 | .. | 1 | 25 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| New Hampshire | 6 | 2 | 4 | 35 | .. | 6 | .. | 3 | 1 |
| New Jersey | 16 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| New York | 94 | 65 | 29 | 26 | 20 | 54 | 20 | 50 | 5 |
| North Carolina | 38 | 26 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 19 | 1 |
| Ohio | 64 | 45 | 19 | 32 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 42 | 4 |
| Pennsylvania | 42 | 30 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 5 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 |
| South Carolina | 13 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Texas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 36 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Vermont | 5 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 |
| Virginia | 37 | 21 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 2 |
| Washington Territory | 1 | .. | 1 | 40 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| West Virginia | 19 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Total | 784 | 491 | 293 | 32 | 217 | 366 | 201 | 459 | 53 |
Time was when Nature’s every mystic mood
Poured round my heart a flood of eager joy;
When pageantry of sunsets moved the boy
More than high ventures of the great and good;
When trellised shadows in the vernal wood,
And little peeping flowers, so sweet and coy,