§ MR. PULESTON (Devonport)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether a Memorial has been received from those Examining Officers of Customs, who were formerly Lower Division Clerks in the same Service, showing that the prospects which were held out to induce them to enter the Outdoor Department in June 1882 have been considerably reduced since that date in consequence of the abolition of superior posts, and praying that either compensation be granted for this loss of prospects, or that they be allowed to return to their former position; and, whether this Memorial has been considered?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HENRY H. FOWLER) (Wolverhampton, E.)The Memorial in question has been received, and subject to certain conditions, which will be communicated in due course to the Commissioners of Customs, the Treasury has no objection to the Memorialists returning to their former position.