§ MR. NANNETTI (Dublin, College Green)To ask the Postmaster-General if he can say what number of sorting clerks and telegraphists are employed in the Savings Bank Department; can he say if the hours and pay in that department are the same as obtain in other offices where sorting clerks and telegraphists are solely employed.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) I am afraid I do not quite understand the hon. Member's Question. There are no sorting clerks and telegraphists on the staff of the Savings Bank Department. At 340 bank holiday seasons, when there have been large numbers of withdrawals by telegraph, telegraphists have been sent to perform the telegraph work; and in the post office adjoining the Savings Bank Department, counter clerks and telegraphists are employed. These officers work the usual eight hours a day.