MR. JUSTIN HUNTLY M'CARTHYasked the Secretary to the Treasury, If it is true that there are in Ireland many Acting Examining Officers of Her Majesty's Customs at the outports, who have been doing the duties of Examining Officers for a period ranging from ten to fourteen years, and whose case has been brought under the notice of the House in February and in May last; and, whether, in any cases, those gentlemen have been kept back from promotion because they brought their grievances under the notice of this House?
§ MR. COURTNEYThere are only five or six men so situated. I do not think they are all stationed in Ireland; and I am sure that the action of the Board of Customs towards them has not been influenced by the fact that some over-zealous friends have attempted to bring Parliamentary influence to bear on their behalf.