§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if he can state the date when the Civil Service Commissioners first intimated to candidates for sorterships in the London Postal Service that compulsory Sunday duty would be one of the conditions of service.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe notice containing the intimation that sorters are called upon to perform Sunday work as required, was first issued to candidates by the Civil Ser vice Commissioners in connection with the Competition which took place in June, 1900, but since May, 1898, candidates have been informed before taking up their appointments that they were liable to perform such duty when required.