§ SIR JOHN STIRLING-MAXWELL (Glasgow, College)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he has received a Memorial presented to 282 the Board of Customs by the assistants and outdoor officers of customs for transmission to the Treasury on 22nd November 1896; whether, seeing that the grievances cited in the said Memorial have been considered by their Lordships On two previous occasions, and that as a consequence the concessions asked for have been granted to future entrants, he is prepared to press for a readjustment of the salaries of the said officers at present serving in the Department, so that at the end of their eighth year of service, they may, like future entrants, receive a salary of £105 per annum and whether, in the event of their demand being conceded, the readjustment of the said officers' salaries will date from 1st January 1896?
§ Mr. HANBURYThe decision of the Treasury on the Memorial in question has been communicated to the Board of Customs, and certain concessions have been sanctioned in the case of officers who have been appointed since 1891, and whose position has been prejudicially affected by the abolition of classification. But the Treasury see no reason for granting to all officers indiscriminately a salary of £105 at the end of the eighth year of service.