§ MR. SAMUEL EVANS(for Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE,&c.) Carnarvon,I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether three men employed at the Pwllheli Post Office, and who had been in the Postal Service ten, three, and two years respectively, recently received notice of dismissal; whether they were dismissed in spite of the postmaster's remonstrances; whether they were well conducted and efficient employees; and what were the grounds of their dismissal?
§ SIR JAMES FERGUSSONThe growth of business at the office in question rendered it expedient to place it on a more regular footing; that is to say, that most of the persons employed should be salaried by the Department, instead of the postmistress receiving a large allowance to expend on assistance at her discretion. Nothing is known in the Department to the effect of the second, third, and fourth paragraphs; on the contrary, it was understood that the assistants had been frequently changed; but inquiry will be made.