§ MR. FORREST FULTON (West Ham, N.)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether, in view of the very great changes recommended by a reorganising Committee appointed to inquire into the General Register and Record Office of Shipping and Seamen, he will guarantee that the interests of temporary copyists of long and approved service will be duly considered; and, considering the fact that 13 out of a total of 19 were recommended for promotion, in accordance with terms of Treasury Minute of December, 1886, whether he will see that their positions, hitherto practically permanent (some having service in the office from terms of three to 15 years), shall not be interfered with until the whole question has 1309 been inquired into and reported on by the Royal Commission?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)The recommendations of the Committee on the Seamen's Registry are now under consideration; but, without anticipating the decisions which may be taken upon them, I can say that it is our intention to find employment as copyists in other Government Offices fur any copyists who may not be required hereafter in the Seamen's Registry.