§ MR. SCHWANNI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether in the appointment of postmasters to offices falling vacant, with salaries above £80 per annum, the claims of sub-postmasters and town sub-postmasters, both established and unestablished, have been overlooked; and whether he will in future consider their claims with a view of their obtaining their fair share of promotion to these appointments for winch their special training this them; and would he say why other classes of postal servants should be promoted in their stead.
§ MR. HANBURYThe claims of sub-postmasters are not overlooked; as a matter of fact three such appointments have been made during the past year.