§ MR. HEALYasked the Postmaster General, Whether there is at present employed in the Surveyor's Department of the Post Office in Ireland, as acting Surveyor's Clerk, an officer belonging to the London Office; is there no officer on the Irish establishment available or competent for the post; and, would the employment of an Irish officer effect a saving in the allowances paid by the Department to officers while travelling or absent from headquarters?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVREAn officer of the London Post Office is now employed as an acting surveyor's clerk in Ireland. At the time he was sent no officer on the Irish establishment could 1634 be spared and recommended for this duty. No appreciable saving would be effected by the employment of an Irish instead of an English officer, the allowances being the same. I may add that when recently I had occasion to appoint five surveyors' clerks in Ireland I selected five officers then serving on the Irish establishment.