§ DR. R. AMBROSE (Mayo, W.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether, seeing that vacancies for clerkships in the London Postal Service and on the supplementary establishment of the Secretary's Office, London, are filled at present by limited competition among Post Office employés, one of the condi- 909 tions for candidature being a nomination by the Postmaster General, there is any reason why notice of these competitions should not be given in the Post Office Circular, as in the case of similar examinations for junior examinerships in the office of Controller of Stores; whether, in view of the fact that under present circumstances the knowledge that these examinations are held is confined to a very few of the candidates who are eligible, he will undertake to have all future examinations for these positions duly announced in the Post Office Circular; and what are the conditions, if any, attached to the granting of a nomination, and to whom should intending candidates apply for such nomination?
§ MR. A. MORLEYI have carefully considered the suggestion of the hon. Member; but I do not think it would be desirable to take the course which he recommends. The method by which I obtain candidates for these limited competitions is by procuring from responsible members of the Staff a list of the most competent and efficient officers under their control, who are within certain prescribed limits of age, and by carefully selecting from the lists so obtained the competitors, whose names are sent in to the Civil Service Commissioners for the examination.