§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR (Donegal, E.)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether the following Rule is in force in the Customs Department:—
You are not to hold any corporate office, nor are you in any way to inferfere in the election of Members to serve in Parliament, beyond recording your vote, should you be so entitled, nor are you to be a Member of any Orange Lodge, nor to take part in any Party procession, nor belong to any Political Society, nor are you to subscribe to, or to be a member of, or attend any meeting of any Association for a political purpose, nor to subscribe to funds raised for such purposes,
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)The hon. Member quotes a Rule which was altered by the Board of Customs in 1874, when the Revenue Officers Electoral Disabilities Removal Act was passed. Since that time the restriction as to "non-interference in the election of Members of Parliament beyond recording your vote" has been removed from the Rule.