§ MR. M'CARTAN (Down, S.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he is aware that second class clerks in the Central Telegraph Office in receipt of £75 a year and under have been promoted to the first class over the heads of clerks having longer service, higher salaries, and at least equal qualifications; and whether he will state the reason for such preferential promotions?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES,) University of CambridgeTwo telegraphists with the salary named, one a year ago and another nearly two years ago, were promoted from the second to the first class over the heads of others; but these others, unlike those that were promoted, did not possess the special qualifications necessary for the particular duties to be performed. Among these qualifications was a knowledge of shorthand.