§ MR. MACVEAGH (Down Co., S.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the fact that men copyists on appointment to the assistant clerks' class were allowed to count one-half of their unestablished service towards pension, he can extend a similar privilege to those boy copyists who have since obtained permanent appointments in the Civil Service.
(Answer.) I can hold out no hope of such a change as the hon. Member suggests. The two cases are not analogous, and the service of boys is never reckoned as pensionable.—(Treasury.)