§ MR. NANNETTII beg to ask the Postmaster-General if he will state the length of service, pay previous to promotion, and present salary of the second division clerk recently promoted to the position of first-class assistant superintendent in the Dublin sorting office; also the number, length of service, and pay of the sorting office second-class assistant superintendents passed over by this officer.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe second division clerk referred to has had twelve years service, including six in other Departments than the post office. His pay prior to promotion was £130, and £250 on promotion. The number of second-class assistant superintendents in the Dublin office is twelve. Their pay ranges from £200 to £250—one officer, however, receiving £300, the maximum of an old scale. Their service up to the 1st instant ranges from fourteen to forty-three years.