§ MR. WEBSTER (St. Pancras, E.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General when the overseers of the Metropolitan District Post Offices may expect to receive an answer to their humble Petition for redress of their grievances, presented to the Postmaster General personally at the General Post Office, London, on the 14th day of April last; and whether the Order in Council granting one month's annual leave of absence to postal employés in receipt of £150 per annum can be extended to the overseers, seeing that this privilege has already been granted to the telegraphists and countermen, whilst many of the overseers have been promoted from, countermen?
§ MR. A. MORLEYThe Petition referred to by the hon. Member raises-questions of considerable difficulty, and cannot be determined without careful inquiry into the various classes of work performed by the overseers. I regret that some time will probably elapse before a decision can be given. No Order in Council exists such as that mentioned in the second paragraph; but the question of annual leave is also under consideration.