§ MR. STEADMAN (Tower Hamlets, Stepney)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if the promised rules, regarding temporary transfer to seaside and country offices of officers recovering from serious illness, have been drawn up, and if such transfers will now be allowed.
§ MR. HANBURYAs I explained on the 2nd March, 1899, the practice is limited to the following cases:—(1) Officers who have broken down or are in danger of breaking down from overtime performed either compulsorily or in response to a call for volunteers. (2) Cases among such officers of actual or impending illness which can be certified as being due to causes specifically attributable to the nature of the officers' duties.