§ MR. C. DUNCANI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade what, if any, departmental regulation keeps the clerks in surveyor's offices of the | Marine Department as a separate class, and, as such, prevents their being promoted under Clause 15 of the Order in Council, dated 28th November, 1898; and whether he will now take such action as will lead to the selection of eligible men from amongst those clerks to fill any vacancies for Second Division clerks occurring in his Department.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThere is no regulation to prevent these clerks being promoted under the terms of the Order in Council and their claims will be considered with those of others when suitable opportunities occur.