§ MR. JOSEPH HOWARD (Middlesex, Tottenham)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury to what positions assistant clerks in the statistical office, Custom House, can be promoted, in view of the fact that the Treasury letter of July 2nd, 1904, stated that the Lords of the Treasury strongly urged that ensuing vacancies for junior clerkships be filled from outside sources.
(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) I would refer my hon. friend to the reply I gave on March 15th † last to the hon. Member for Galway South, in which I stated that assistant clerks in the Customs are eligible for occasional promotion, on the ground of exceptional merit, to the classes of—(1) Port clerks; (2) Junior clerks in the statistical office.