§ MR. JOHN CAMPBELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state the total strength of the staff employed on the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, the numbers also of civilians and soldiers respectively employed thereon, the provisions in each of these classes, and also their relative prospects of promotion.
§ *MR. HANBURYTotal strength 976. Soldiers 156—all pensionable in respect of Army service only. Civilians 820—of whom thirty-six are pensionable under the Act of 1859, consisting of those who joined before 1874, and the occupants of certain posts to which pensions might be attached. The relative prospects of promotion in the case of men of equal capacity are equal.