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of the employés belong to the uncovenanted service
 ; the inspectors are usually Europeans.
8. Zelegraph.—The telegraph department is
also retained under the direct management of the
Supreme Government. At the head is a directorgeneral,
 usually an officer of engineers; and the
country is divided, for telegraphic purposes, into
circles, each under a superintendent ; these circles
are further sub-divided into districts, the officer
in charge of each of which is responsible for the
working of the different stations within it. Under
the head of the station, or telegraph master, as he
is styled, is a staff of signallers. The superior
posts in the telegraph department now form a
separate service, which is entered by competitive
examination passed in London.

a. Railways.—The system of state railways
is now fast extending ; these railways are entirely
officered by government employés, the leading
officials in each railway being taken from the royal
or civil engineer services. In the case of the
few remaining guaranteed lines the government
appoints an officer to watch over its interests.
10. Education.—The department of education
has long received the earnest attention of government.
 Its charter is the Secretary of State's
despatch of 1854; its object is to teach the masses
the three R’s, in order that they may be raised to
a point of intelligence which will, at any rate,