§ MR. MONKasked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether it is the intention of the Government to make any alterations with reference to the position of the Civil Assistants in the Ordnance Survey Branch of the Office of Works?
LORD HENRY LENNOX, in reply, said, that the Civil assistants were divided into two classes. The first, who were entered before the year 1870, were recognized as permanent officers, and were entitled to superannuation. The Government had decided they could make no alteration in the status of those gentlemen. The other class had been entered since 1870. They were never considered as permanent Civil servants. They were not examined before the Civil Service Commission, and were not entitled to superannuation. Recently they had had the opportunity of stating their case before the Commission, presided over by the right hon. Member for the University of Edinburgh (Mr. Lyon Playfair), and the Report made was that the nature of their employment did not admit of their being included in any general scheme for the Civil Service.