§ MR. C. DUNCAN (Barrow-in-Furness)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the Board of Customs, in their Report to the Treasury in November, 1904, on the second class examining officers' memorial, stated that the figures and quotations in such memorial were inaccurate, and whether he can state what steps were taken by the Treasury officials to verify this statement by the Board of Customs; and whether he will cause the Report to be officially published.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) I do not think it would be in the public interest either to discuss or to publish the confidential correspondence between departments on matters of this kind.
§ MR. C. DUNCANTo ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will submit a table showing the date of entrance to the Customs service, the initial salaries, and the salaries on March 31st each year from 1901 to 1906, inclusive, of the members of the service who have served in the Customs secretary's office within the above-mentioned period, and showing, in the ease of those now serving in other branches of the service, the date of their transfer from the secretary's office, the position to which they were appointed, and the post they hold at the present time.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) I do not think that any useful object would be served by the publication of such a table. I shall be happy to communicate with the hon. Member if he wishes for information on any particular cases.