§ MR. FIELDTo ask the Postmaster-General whether Mr. Abbot, overseer, Aylesbury, has been appointed postmaster of the Curragh Camp; whether any of the applicants in Ireland for this postmastership were equally qualified to fill the position; how many Post Office officials in Ireland were promoted or transferred to postmasterships in Great Britain during the year 1906; and how many Post Office officials in Great Britain were promoted or transferred to postmasterships in Ireland during the same year.
§ (Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) Yes; I appointed Mr. Abbot, overseer, Aylesbury, to be postmaster of Curragh Camp. I considered him the best qualified candidate, and I may state he had longer service than any of the qualified applicants from Ireland. During the year 1906, four Post Office officials in Ireland were promoted or transferred to postmasterships, or salaried sub-postmasterships, in Great Britain, and two Post Office officials in Great Britain were promoted to similar posts in Ireland.