§ MR. M'GHEE (Louth, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, will he explain why female telegraphists in London, who are in receipt of 38s. per week, and receive in addition 3s. 6d. per week as risk money, paid weekly, have recently been called upon to furnish a receipt stamp for these payments, seeing that for neither amount can it be legally demanded and that separate receipts are given for the two amounts.
§ MR. HANBURYThe amounts in question, though shown separately on the pay sheets for departmental purposes, really form the remuneration of the officer for the week, and in cases where the total is £2 and upwards a receipt stamp is required by law.