§ MR. CLYNES (Manchester, N. E.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that an official promise was made in March, 1905, to pay special allowances, not exceeding 3s. per week, to provincial postmen for performing various mail bag night duties, and that those allowances have not yet boon paid to a number of men who have been performing the specified duties since April of last year; and, if so, will steps be taken to pay the allowance to the men concerned from the time they have performed the duties.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarI am aware of the promise referred to, and in the majority of cases the allowances are now being paid. In those cases which are still under consideration the allowances, when granted, will of course date from April 1st, 1905.