§ MR. O'DOWDTo ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he will explain the cause of the delay with regard to the answering of memorials forwarded to the Treasury by the new class of assistant clerks in the Customs Statistical Department; and whether he is aware that a petition forwarded to the Treasury from this class on the 8th January last was still in the Customs Department on the 1st March.
§ (Answered by Mr. Runciman.) The memorial referred to has just been received at the Treasury, but I have not yet had an opportunity of examining it. Two memorials from the assistant clerks in question were presented in the year 1906 and were carefully considered by the Board of Customs before they were sent on to the Treasury.