§ MR. CREANI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that rural postmen of the established class serving at Bailieborough, county Cavan, were paid on a scale commencing at 13s., rising by annual increments of 1s. to 17s. per week; and seeing that vacancies now occurring are being filled up by men put on a fixed pay of 15s. a week, whether he can state the reason for this reduction.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe scale of 13s.—1s.—17s. a week is an obsolete one. The proper wages for established rural postmen at Bailieborough on the occurrence of vacancies are 15s. or 16s. a week, fixed according to the distance walked.