§ MR. J. G. TALBOTasked the Post-master General, Whether it is true that the clerks in those departments of the Post Office which already enjoy the other bank holidays are not to be allowed a holiday on Monday next, August 3rd; and, if so, whether he does not consider that the clerks in the Savings Bank Department at any rate have a claim to the same holidays which are secured by law in all other banking establishments?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERS, in reply, said, the Bank Holidays Act did not apply to the Post Office; but it had been arranged that the clerks should have a holiday on Easter Monday, Whit Mon-day, and the day after Christmas Day. It would, however, be inconvenient to observe the first Monday in August as a holiday at the Post Office. He did not think the clerks in the Savings Bank Department had a claim to the same holidays which were secured by law in other banking establishments.