§ MR. KELLY (Camberwell, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the system of appointing persons to posts on the Civil Service, to be paid out of allowances for clerical assistance granted to Heads of Departments, is intended to apply to only such posts as should be held by Civil Service Writers, and to cases of meeting emergencies, or whether it is intended to appoint persons, without their having first passed an examination, and the usual inquiries having been made with reference to them by the Civil Service Commissioners, as accountants, and to other staff posts which, according to the recommendations of the Civil Establishments Commission, were to be reserved for the best clerks of the Second Division?
§ *THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. JACKSON,) Leeds, N.I think that my hon. Friend will see on consideration that it is not possible for me to give an answer to his question determining what will be the policy of the Treasury in the future; but I shall be quite ready to answer any question of fact in particular cases.