§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Postmaster-General when it is intended to issue the scheme dealing with the increase of overseerships, and whether promotions will date from April 1st, 1905; whether the claims of members of the staff in provincial head offices, who have performed supervising duties of three or four months duration annually for several years, will be considered; and whether, in connection with the proposed scheme and promotions, it is intended to take into account the fact that at many offices ordinary members of the staff are in full charge of the business during the despatch of important mails.
LORD STANLEYThe examination of the duties at the various offices is not yet quite completed. The resulting promotions will take effect from the date of my approval, and I am not prepared to date them from April 1st. Due consideration will be given to duties involving supervision.