§ MR. LOUGH (Islington, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he can state what is the number of established and unestablished postmen who were dismissed for dishonesty or on suspicion in the years 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe number of postmen dismissed on the charge of dishonesty during the years in question is as follows:—In 1897, 53 established and 46 unestablished postmen; in 1898, 52 established and 46 unestablished postmen; in 1899, 54 established and 45 unestablished postmen; in 1900, 72 established and 72 unestablished postmen.