HC Deb 29 July 1898 vol 63 c435
COLONEL DALBIAC (Camberwell, N.)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether 10 copyists, who were employed at the India Office as such, are now in a class proceeding, as clerks, to £200 per annum by annual increments of £5, two are in a class going to £350 a year, and one in a class going from £250 to £500 per annum?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, Ealing

Of the 10 men copyists to whom this Question apparently refers, six are now in a class proceeding as clerks, to £150 per annum by annual increments of 50s., but may hereafter, if specially recommended, be placed in a class in which the salaries rise to £250; two have been appointed second-class clerks, and are in a class rising to a maximum of £250, but may hereafter be promoted to a higher grade in which the maximum salary is £350; one has been appointed on account of exceptional qualifications to a special post on a salary of £250, rising to £400.