§ MR. E. W. BYRNE (Essex, Walthamstow)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, whether the Surveyors General are directly consulted by the Board of Customs in dealing with promotions to surveyorships and within that grade in the Customs service, as recommended in the Treasury Minute of 24th March, 1891, relative to an Inquiry by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Financial Secretary into the administration of the out-door department of the Customs?
§ MR. HANBURYYes, Sir, the Surveyors General are directly consulted by the Board, when promotions have to be made to surveyorships and within that grade.