§ MR. BROADHURST (Leicester)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the chief clerks in the offices of surveyors of taxes in large cities only obtain the same increment as the second clerks; and whether he will advise an increase in the chief clerk's increment in the higher sections, as promotion at present does not carry any
† See (4) Debates, ci., 1331.358 higher increment, and in view of the nature of the chief clerks' work; and will he state what is the rate per hour paid to clerks for overtime in Sections A, B, and C.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, Worcestershire, E.)It is true that a first clerk in the office of a surveyor of taxes often receives only the same increment as the second clerks, viz., 2s. 6d. per week per annum. But in any important district promotion from second clerk to first clerk would be accompanied by an immediate rise of salary, which is an ample recognition of the more important duties performed by a first clerk. Overtime payment to clerks in Sections A, B, and C is at the rate of 1s. per hour.