§ MR. A. GRANTasked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether under the Playfair Scheme, when a clerk of the lower division not drawing duty pay has been called upon for several months in each year to take the place of duty pay clerks absent on annual leave, that clerk is entitled to receive duty pay while performing such duty?
§ LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISHIn the case described by my hon. Friend, the practice would follow the general rule of the Public Service, that during an officer's leave his colleagues perform his duties. I may add that it is usually found that juniors are glad to take the place of their superiors when absent, as they obtain thereby acquaintance with 1539 the duties of the latter, and so become bettor qualified for promotion.