§ MR. GILES (Cambridge, Wisbech)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, whether the test applied by the Post Office authorities in determining whether the postmen in a district are entitled to a higher grade of pay is the cost of living in or the population of that district.
§ MR. HANBURYPopulation is the first and principal test, but it is constantly modified by exceptional local circumstances, such as the high cost of living or high price of labour.