§ MR. WALLACE (Edinburgh)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he has received a Memorial, dated 22nd June, 1888, and a further Memorial, dated 1st July, 1889, from certain Lower Division Clerks in the Edinburgh Post Office on the subject of temporary employment as Surveyor's 773 Clerks; and, if so, whether he can say about what date he may be able to state to the Memorialists if their grievance can be remedied?
§ * THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES) Cambridge UniversityThe Memorials referred to by the hon. Member were duly received. I should like to explain that lists are made out periodically of officers who are anxious to be employed in giving temporary assistance to surveyors, and when such assistance is needed the officers whose names are on the lists are, provided they are considered fully qualified, selected for the purpose. After the receipt of the first Memorial the officers who signed it were informed to this effect, and that when opportunities occurred they might apply, but many of them omitted to do so when last invited. A new list for Edinburgh will be made this autumn, and the Memorialists' qualifications will then be carefully considered.