§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether in the order of April, 1891, granting to postal employees special leave without deduction from pay up to three days in case of death, or urgent distress at home, or other exceptional circumstances, has been cancelled or modified; is he aware that when claims for such leave have been made postmasters have pleaded ignorance of the existence of the order; and should the order still remain in force, will he issue an instruction to postmasters on the subject?
§ MR. HANBURYThe privilege to which the honourable Member refers has not been cancelled or modified. The Postmaster General is not aware that applications for special leave under the circumstances contemplated when the privilege was first allowed have been refused. This being so, no fresh instructions appear to be needed.