SIR FREDERICK DIXON-HART-LAND (Middlesex, Uxbridge)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Board of Customs propose to recruit the First Division staff of their Secretary's office by direct appointment from outside the Service; and whether he will direct that the recommendations of the Ridley Commission in favour of filling First Division vacancies in the Revenue Departments by promotion from the Second Division shall be put into force in the Customs Department?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTOne Upper Division clerkship has been added to the Secretary's office of the Customs, which it is considered necessary to fill by the appointment of one of the successful competitors at the recent Class I. examination. The action taken does not appear to me to be inconsistent with the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Civil Establishments.