§ MR. W. NICHOLSONTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the present minimum and maximum salaries of a second-class and first-class-Excise officer respectively; and if only two officers out of nine can at present expect to receive a higher appointment which will entitle him to a salary exceeding £250 per annum.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) The minimum salary of the first and second-class Excise officers is £180 and £115 per annum respectively, and the maximum salary £250 and £160 per annum respectively. As shown at pages 28 and 36 of the Estimates for the Revenue Departments, 1908–9, the present number of appointments with a salary exceeding £250 per annum for which Excise officers are eligible on promotion is 556, and the combined total of first and second-class officers and assistants of Excise is 2,975.