§ MR. McCRAE (Edinburgh, E.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General if he can state how many head postmasterships in Scotland have been filled by officers from the Post Office service in England during the last five years; how many vacancies in England were filled by officers from Scotland during the same period; whether he can state the aggregate amount of the salaries in each category; and whether he can state how many of these officers were previously in service in each country before appointment as head postmasters.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONI deprecate the comparison implied in the hon. Member's Question, since it suggests a separation, which fortunately does not exist, between the Post Office service in Scotland and England. I find that seventeen head postmasterships in Scotland have been filled by officers from the Post Office service in England during the last five years; thirteen head postmasterships in England have been filled by officers from Scotland during the same 1540 period; the aggregate amount of the salaries was £4,500 and £4,460 respectively. One of the officers who received appointment to a postmastership in Scotland was originally employed in Scotland, and four of the officers who received appointments to postmasterships in England were originally employed in England.