§ MR. STEADMANI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster-General, what increase has been made in the number of rural postmen on fixed wages since the introduction of Mr. Raikes arrangement for payment of wages on scale in 1891?
§ MR. HANBURYThe increase in the number of rural postmen on fixed wages since the introduction of Mr. Raikes arrangement for the payment of wages on scale in 1891 has been from 481 to 980. The deliveries in rural districts have, of course, largely increased; and many of these rural postmen on fixed wages are men working for only parts of the day.