§ MR. PICKERSGILLI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Board of Customs have been informed of the decision of the Treasury respecting the future status and rates of pay of the writers in the Statistical Abstracting Department; and, if so, what is the cause of delay in the issue of the new scheme?
§ MR. JACKSONYes, Sir; the Board of Customs were informed of the Treasury decision on the 19th ult., and are occupied in settling the details of the scheme, which contains arrangements affecting other divisions of the Statistical Office besides the writers. I have asked the Commissioners to proceed, if possible, at once with the portion affecting the writers.