§ MR. TUITE (Westmeath, N.)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether the examinations for Men Clerkships, Lower Division, Civil Service, usually held in Dublin during the current month, have been postponed; and, whether, having regard to the inconvenience and loss which the delay will inflict upon candidates, an early date will be fixed for the examinations?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON (Leeds, N.)The examinations for Lower Division Clerkships at other centres as well as Dublin were postponed owing to the small number of the probable vacancies as compared with the number of clerks waiting for employment. I am sorry for the inconvenience caused to intending candidates; but it is obvious that the time for holding examinations can be determined only by the requirements of the Service.
§ MR. JACKSONsaid, he did not like to fix the date, for the very obvious reason that that date must be determined very largely by the number of vacancies. But, without pledging himself, he thought he might be justified in stating that it was intended in the ordinary course to hold one about August.