§ MR. BRADLAUGHI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he is aware that many of the clerks in the Savings Bank Department have, during the past three years, been repeatedly employed for periods of 10 and 11 hours per day; whether he has received any communication on the subject showing that some of the Post Office employéswork as much as 13 hours per day; and whether it is possible to make arrangements for such additional clerical and other assistance as shall obviate the necessity of working such long hours?
§ MR. RAIKESThe extra duty devolving on the clerks in the Savings Bank during the past few years, between the 1st of January and the 30th of April, has been in excess of the amount which is desirable. Some time ago I received a communication to the effect that this duty was excessive, and on the 8th November I caused a communication to be made to the staff, intimating that I would take measures to diminish the strain during the period in question.