§ MR. ALFRED HUTTON (Yorkshire, W.R., Morley)To ask the Postmaster General whether he is aware that the postmaster at Howden Cleugh has resigned; and will he say how long has he been there, what has been his remuneration, and how much has been the turnover in that post office; and whether the sum paid bears a proportion to the turnover such as exists in other places of a similar size.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain.) The town sub-postmaster of Howden Cleugh has given notice that he will resign on 31st December next. He was appointed in March, 1899, at a salary of £5 a year, which has since been raised to £6 a year; and he receives, besides, a small sum as commission on the sale of postal orders. The business of the office is very small, and the remuneration is fixed according to a scale which governs the emoluments of all town sub-postmasters throughout the country.