§ MR. A. O'CONNOR (Donegal, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he will consent to furnish a Return showing the various grades of Civil employes under the Ordnance Survey, with the number in each grade, the rate or rates of pay as at present allowed, and the terms or conditions and periods of increase of pay in each grade?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. CHAPLIN,) Lincolnshire, SleafordThere are no grades of Civil employe's on the Ordnance Survey. The men are engaged on day wages and employed upon a variety of duties in much the same manner as the men employed in the Arsenal and other Government factories. The employes are observers, surveyors, clerks, draughtsmen, photographers, engravers, smiths, carpenters, bookbinders, type and lithographic printers, colourists, and others, who could not well be graded. As there are no grades, it is not possible to give the number in each grade, the rate or rates of pay at present allowed, and the terms or conditions and periods of increase of pay in each grade. A Return could be prepared showing the numbers employed on each of the several duties of the Survey, with their present rates of pay, and the maximum rate for highly-skilled labour in each of those duties. It would, however, involve much clerical labour, and I doubt if it would be of much practical value.
§ MR. A. O'CONNORCan the right hon. Gentleman lay on the Table a statement showing the different ranks or classes of the men employed under the Ordnance Survey, whether the employment is permanent or temporary, and the rates of pay?
§ MR. CHAPLINI will consider the question.