§ MR. GRIEVEasked the Postmaster General, When the question of allowance for Telegraph duty to Postmasters in provincial towns is likely to be decided; if it is intended to date back from the transfer; and, if the recommendation of the surveyors as to the scale is to be adopted?
§ MR. MONSELLsaid, in reply, that the consideration of the remuneration to postmasters for telegraph duty was being proceeded with as rapidly as circumstances allowed. It was intended that the remuneration should date back from the time at which the duty commenced. In a great number of cases, 1936 however, the duty did not begin with the transfer of the telegraphs to the Stale, but at a much later date.