§ MR. OCTAVIUS V. MORGAN (Battersea)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he can state the number of resignations and dismissals of postmen in the Metropolitan District during the years 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, and 1889?
§ *MR. RAIKESIn reply to the hon. Member I have to state that during the year 1885, out of a body of 2,674 postmen in London the number of resignations was 24 and the number of 943 dismissals 28; in 1886, out of a body of 2,872 the resignations were 46 and the dismissals 24; in 1887, out of a body of 3,062, resignations 22 and dismissals 23; in 1888, out of a body of 3,201, resignations 44 and dismissals 31; and in 1889, out of a body of 3,429, resignations 33 and dismissals 21.