§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLI beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any general rules in regard to the acceptance of directorships of companies by the servants of the State have yet been promulgated; and, if not, whether any of the great Departments have issued such rules after the example of the Colonial Office which was commended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and whether such rules have been issued by the Treasury, both for the Treasury Office and for the Departments under the supervision of the Treasury, such as the Customs and Excise? I have also to ask if the present rules in regard to medical certificates for pension have been printed and can be laid upon the Table?
§ MR. JACKSONIn the absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer I am afraid I am not able to answer these questions. With regard to the first, I may say that general rules were laid down by an Order in Council on the 21st of March last, and by an Order in Council on Friday last.