§ MR. A. ALLEN (Christchurch)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he will state the total number of hours overtime worked by the staff of the Central Telegraph Office during the months of June, July, and August, 1906; and whether, in view of official statements that the staff of the office receive liberal modifications of duty, he will state the number of the staff who received modifications of duty from May to September, inclusive, with the total number of hours allotted to the recipients.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The number of hours overtime worked by the staff of the Central Telegraph Office during the months of June, July, and August, 1906, were 38,407, 44,244, and 50,149 respectively, the male staff being 2,180. The number of cases in which 519 modifications of duty were allowed between May and September, and the total number of hours allotted to the recipients, mainly on Saturday afternoons, were 8,042 and 4,872 respectively,