§ MR. VESEY KNOXI beg to ask the Postmaster General, whether he is yet in a position to announce his reply to the representations made to him by a deputation of provincial telegraph clerks, which waited on him on 1st January, with reference to a claim for 28s. a week for telegraph clerks after five years' service, together with a proportionate increase for clerks of more than five years' service?
§ MR. ARNOLD MORLEYNo, Sir; I am not yet in a position to announce my decision upon the application which the telegraphists made to me for increasing the rates of pay after five years' service.