§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)To ask the Postmaster-General if he will state what is the amount of annual leave granted to the various grades of 1031 unestablished employees in the postal, telegraph, and engineering departments of the Post Office.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) The annual leave allowed to unestablished officers is, as a rule, twelve working days. Exceptionally, a few unestablished men enjoy the same amount of leave as established men, but it is not now the practice to grant to unestablished officers leave equal in amount to that enjoyed by established officers. Men temporarily employed as gang-hands in the Engineer-in-Chief's Department, and paid under the "Labour Vote," are not granted annual leave.