§ COLONEL DALBIAC (Camberwell, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether the privilege of permitting members of the staff of the Central Telegraph Office and metropolitan districts to be allowed to perform convalescent duties at seaside towns has been discontinued; and, if so, whether, owing to the great advantage arising from such practice to the service as well as to the individuals concerned, he can see his way to reinstitute this privilege?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. R. W. HANBURY,) PrestonThe privilege of permitting members of the staff of the Central Telegraph Office and metropolitan districts to perform convalescent duties at seaside towns had been inadvertently extended to classes and persons to whom it was not intended originally to apply, and the Postmaster General has suspended it in order that arrangements might be made with the Treasury for putting the whole matter on a proper footing. He has been in communication with the Treasury on the subject, and if the honourable Member will repeat the Question next week, I shall be glad to tell him the result.