POST OFFICE—THE TELEGRAPH SERVICE.—QUESTION.

HC Deb 02 March 1876 vol 227 c1207

MR. DILLWYN

asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether the recommendations of the Civil Service Commissioners embodied in the recent Order in Council will apply to the provincial telegraph staff?

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

, in reply, said, the Order in Council would apply to that portion of the staff which was strictly clerical.