MR. CAMPBELLasked the Postmaster General, Whether any extra pay- 1047 ments have been made, or are intended to be made, to the officials of the Post Office, in consideration of the additional work they have had to perform since the Department assumed the management of the telegraph system; what is the amount of such payments; and, whether that amount is included in the estimate of £420,000 for the Post Office Telegraph Service, for which a Vote is proposed to be taken this year?
§ MR. MONSELLsaid, in reply, that the salaries of many of the officers of the Post Office had been increased, and others would be increased, on account of the additional labour imposed upon them by the telegraphic service. It was believed that the sum of £420,000 a-year included in the Estimates would be sufficient to defray the expense of such increase.