SIR JAMES LAWRENCEasked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether the Board of Customs have recently recommended to the Treasury that some of the writers in the Customs Service should be promoted to the position of Examining Officers; and, if the Treasury have approved of such recommendation?
§ MR. COURTNEYSuch a recommendation was made on behalf of one case only by the Board of Customs in July last; but the Treasury did not approve of the proposal. There has been no other instance.