§ SIR FREDERICK DIXON-HARTLAND (Middlesex, Uxbridge)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, with reference to the 50 Second Division Clerks of the Inland Revenue Department who have been promoted to the Higher Division and to superior posts, how many were promoted to Higher Division clerkships in the Secretary's Office, in the Accountant and Controller General's Office, in the Controller of Stamps and Stores Office, and in the Legacy Duty Office; of this number how many were required to pass a special examination before being promoted; and of the 50 promotions mentioned, how many were appointments to Assistant Surveyorships of Taxes in the Outdoor Service, subject to a special examination?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTThe figures are as follows:—Secretary's Office, none; 898 Accountant and Controller General's Office, none; Controller of Stamps and Stores Office, 6; Legacy Duty Office, 13. Of the last 13, 8 were called upon, after selection for promotion, to pass a qualifying examination in law. 31 of the 50 eases were appointments to Assistant Surveyorships of Taxes, made after success in a competition conducted by the Inland Revenue Authorities in "the Law and Practice relating to Taxes."