MR. E. F.VESEYKNOX (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. Andrew D. Murray, who was dismissed from the Customs service because his strength was reported as insufficient for the work of boatman, after he had served nine year in the Customs service and seven years in the Post Office service; whether he is aware that the failure of the officer's health was due to the severity of the labour imposed upon him during the last year of his service, when he was often on duty 18 hours out of the 24; and, whether, having regard to the circumstances of the case, Mr. Murray will be employed in other work under the Customs Department, such as that of messenger, for which he is physically fitted?
§ SIR JOHN HIBBERTMy attention has been repeatedly called to Mr. Murray's case. I am not aware that the failure of his health was the result of 23 unduly severe labour. On the contrary, he had been treated with no little consideration. In the year 1893 he was awarded a retiring gratuity of £42. 16s. 6d., and there is no intention to re-employ him.