MR. MACDONALD CAMERON (, &c.) Wickasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether he is aware that, since the 1st of December last, it has been necessary to constantly employ in the Savings Bank Department of the General Post Office a large number of officers for considerably longer than six hours a day; and, whether any application has been made for an increase of staff; and, if so, whether the Treasury will now take steps to insure the im- 993 mediate introduction of the seven hours' scale into this Department?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster), in reply, said, the question of the establishment of the Savings Bank Department was receiving the consideration of the Treasury in concurrence with the Postmaster General, and he hoped they would be able to make such arrangements as would tend to the efficiency and economy of the Public Service.