§ MR. HEYWOOD JOHNSTONE (Sussex, Horsham)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state how many persons are at present employed in the Taxes Branch (Out-door Department) of the Inland Revenue who come within the terms of the Board's retirement order of June 1897; and how many assistant surveyors are there of over twelve months service who have not been examined for commissions as surveyors, and how many of over two years service.
§ MR. HANBURYThe number of persons at present employed in the Taxes Branch (Out-door Department) of the Inland Revenue who would have retired under the General Order of June, 1897, if it had not been considered desirable to retain them in the interests of the public service, is nine. There are thirty-four Assistant surveyors of between one and two years service, and twenty-one of over two years service, who have not yet been examined for commissions as surveyors. None of these entered the service earlier than March, 1898.