The prospects of a surveyor belonging to any one of these branches who succeeds in establishing a good connection are enviable indeed, but it may take many years to do it. Many who are the agents of large societies reckon their incomes by thousands. A Quantity Surveyor who can count on the support of a fair number of architects in good practice is in an enviable position. The charges he is entitled to nlake, usually ranging from 2 per cent. on the value of the work for which quantities are taken out, are highly remunerative. A young man who has just obtained his associate ship must not expect to get, as assistant to a surveyor, much more than a year. Eventually much will depend on his own energy and alertness. For those who prefer more certain, if more modest, incomes, there are posts in the Civil Service as Clerks of Works in the Office of Works as Assistant Surveyors or Surveyors 0'550-,1'1000).
In the work of surveying, the post of Borough Surveyor is one well worth working for, but it is one that requires special training, and no small amount of knowledge and skill connected with engineering and sanitary inspection. The title of borough Surveyor is accordingly giving place to that of Municipal Enrineer and Surveyor. In all cases, whether in London or elsewhere, his duties include the making, maintaining, lighting and cleansing of roads, the designing and supervision of bridges, electric light stations, baths and washhouses, working-class dwellings, public libraries, hospitals, fire stations, chimney shafts, &c. ; and in provincial districts he is respon sible for the treatment and disposal of sewage and for the supervision of buildings in accordance with the sanitary and building bye-laws. Accord ingly, the youth who has the post of Borough Surveyor in view must he trained to pass examinations in sanitary knowledge and civil engineering.
While at school he should give special attention to Mathematics, Applied Mechanics, and Geometrical Drawing, and before leaving school should pass the London Matriculation or an equivalent examination. On leaving school, the boy should be articled for three years to a corporate member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, as he cannot himself become a member unless lie has been articled to a member. The premium will range
from £100 to £300 according to the town and engineer. During his articles the boy should take up Building Construction, and pass the various stages of the Board of Education Examination on that subject, including the Honours stage. He should also study Sanitary Engineering, and take as soon as he is twenty-one the examinations for the certificate of Sanitary Inspectors' Examination Board (1 Adelaide Buildings, London Bridge, S.E.), or of the Sanitary Institute (Parkes Museum, Margaret Street, W.). He may never need this qualification, but he should have the knowledge to which it testifies. The next examination to pass is that of the Incorporated Association of Municipal and County Engineers (11 Victoria Street, S.W.), whose certificate is extremely useful in obtaining an appointment as an assistant. At twenty-five should be taken the examination for the associated membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (Great George Street, S.W.), which is extremely difficult, and covers many subjects outside the scope of municipal engineers and surveyors, but with this qualification his chances of success are greatly enhanced.
The salaries of assistants to Borough Surveyors vary greatly. In Urban District Councils they vary from £80 to 1150, in small towns from £100 to £200, in large towns from £200 to £500, in London from £150 to £500. The man that means to get on must make up his mind to work hard for years. He must keep his object steadily before him, and try to make himself indispensable to his chief. The provinces offer the best training-ground, and small towns are best, as the work is not departmentalised as in London and other large towns. The salaries of Borough Surveyors are as follows : In Urban District Councils from £150 to £250, in small towns from £200 to £350, in large towns from £400 to £1500, in London boroughs from £350 to £1000.