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Show So frtat is the number of applicants for positions in the government departments depart-ments that the present c;erical foret could die off in sis weeks, and yet every position be filled without going outside the petitions aiready on fi,e. A pecu liar feature the "retincg list," on which is placed the names of such ' clerks as are likely to dis within a reas- I oniblc time, and persistent applicants are assured that when that takes place there will be room t-r them, but riot nnti then. |