§ MR. THEOBALD (Essex, Romford)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will state how far the recommendation contained in the Treasury Minute of 24th March, 1891, authorising an extension of the system previously prevailing of appointing surveyors to Collectorships of Customs, has been acted upon, and whether the number so promoted will bear comparison with the number of similar promotions for a like period prior to the issue of the said Minute?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTThe recommendation contained in the Treasury Minute will not be lost sight of, but no suitable opportunity has occurred since that Minute was published which, in the opinion of the Board of Customs, would have warranted the selection of a surveyor in preference to a collector in the ordinary line of promotion.