§ MR. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)I beg to ask the Postmaster General if he will state whether any, and what, classification prevails in the Postal Telegraph Service; whether the like classification prevails in all towns; and what 1479 appointments are properly described as of the first class?
§ * MR. RAIKESThe hon. Member will find the classification of the telegraph staff fully set forth in a Parliamentary Paper, No. 286, ordered by the House to be printed on the 17th of June, 1881. The classification then approved applies to the central staff as well as to the staff in the provincial offices. Appointments which belong to the first class are those to which the highest class of duty appertains.