§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Longford, N.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General, whether, in view of the fact that no examination for women clerkships in the service of the General Post Office has been held since October, 1901, he will consent to some extension of the limits of age, so that those candidates who had no opportunity of competing since then, and who may now be slightly over age, may have an opportunity of presenting themselves for examination on the next occasion.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,) Worcestershire, E.No examination was held because there were no vacancies to be filled by competition; but this fact does not, in my opinion, afford any sufficient reason for altering the limits of age for the next examination.