§ MR. DUFFY (Galway, S.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether, in 10 view of the fact that no second-division clerks are employed in the Custom House, he will state what prospects of promotion are provided for the assistant clerks (new class) in the same Department.
(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) Assistant clerks in the Customs are eligible for occasional promotion, on the ground of exceptional merit, to the classes of: (1) Port clerks, who now fill the places formerly held by second-division clerks; and (2) Junior clerks in the statistical office.