§ MR. CREMER (Shoreditch, Haggerston)I beg to ask the Postmaster General if he can furnish the House with the information of the number of established postmen, verbally or by means of a Return, in the London postal district of three and more years' service employed at wages of less than 1818 24s. per week; the total number of first-class postmen in the London postal district, and how many of them are in receipt of the maximum 35s. per week: the number of auxiliaries employed less than eight hours per day, the number of auxiliaries employed eight hours and more, and the numbers of second, and first-class established postmen in the London postal district; and the total number of postal employés of all classes over 21 years of age employed for eight hours or more per day in the London postal district at less than 24s. per week?
§ * MR. RAIKESThe number of established postmen in the London postal district of three and more years' service employed at wages of less than 24s. a week is 587, and nearly all of these, so far as I am aware, are not yet over 22 years of age. The total number of first-class town postmen in the London postal district is 1,160, and of that number 526 are in receipt of the maximum. Of these 300 receive from wages and good-conduct stripes together 35s. a week. The number of auxiliaries employed less than eight hours or more a day is 1,500, and the number of auxiliaries employed eight hours or more a day is six. The number of established postmen, town and suburban, now employed in the London postal district is—of the first class, 2,170; of the second class, 1,211; total, 3,381. The number of postal employés of all classes over 21 years of age employed for eight hours or more per day in the London postal district at less than 24s. a week is 2,279, out of a total force of 8,339, and of these few, if any, belonging to an established class are more than 22 years of age.