§ MR. WALLACE (Edinburgh, E.)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether clerks in the Sasine Office, Edinburgh, and other Civil servants, I are paid a proportion of their salary monthly, whether, owing to the present month ending on a Sunday, and the next day being a Bank Holiday, the Exchequer has deferred this payment until Tuesday, the 2nd August; whether he is aware that it would be a great convenience to the clerks, who are to be sent for their holidays next month, that they should be paid on Saturday the 30th July, when their money is properly due; and, whether, in the circumstances, he will direct the Sasine Office clerks, and others similarly situated, to be paid on that day?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)I will inquire whether arrangements can be made to obviate the inconvenience referred to by the hon. Member.