§ MR. BLANEI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if the Civil Service Commissioners can state the shortest period within which they will hold the next examination for female clerkships in the General Post Office; and if the Commissioners will consider the advisability of holding these examinations at regular stated intervals, so that candidates may not lose time and money in preparing for an examination which may not be held till after they have passed the limits of age?
§ *MR. JACKSONThe Civil Service Commissioners inform me that they are unable to state within what period the next examination for female clerkships in the General Post Office will be held. The date must depend on the requirements of the Service.