§ MR. JOHN DILLON (Mayo, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether the appointment of lady supervisor in the Belfast Post Office Telegraph Department has been conferred on a comparatively junior clerk; what is her period of service, and how many there are in the first class senior to her over whom she has been promoted; and, whether those who are senior to the lady appointed were considered incapable of filling the position; and, if so, for what reason?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. R. W. HANBURY,) PrestonMiss Reid, who was recently promoted to be Woman Supervisor at Belfast, is not a comparatively junior clerk. Her service dates from November 1882. She was fourth on the First Class, and the three standing above her were certified not to be qualified for the promotion.