§ MR. DUFFY (Galway, S.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will state how many promotions have been made under Clause 15 of the Order in Council, November 27th, 1898, from assistant clerks of the abstractor class to the second division, and how many of these in the Custom House.
(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) Number of promotions of assistant clerks (abstractors) under Clause 15 of the Order in Council of November 29th, 1898:—
The Customs Department does not now employ second division clerks, but seven abstractors have been promoted to analogous positions.
Old Class (former men copyists) 141 New class (recruited by competition among boy clerks) 34 In the Customs Department:— Old Class 1 New class 0