§ MR. CLAUDE HAY (Shoreditch, Hoxton)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury how many of the successful candidates who obtained service marks in the Second Division examination of March last were ex-boy clerks; and, in view of the fact that the age at which boy clerks obtain these appointments is higher than hitherto, will he make such arrangements so that these boys may obtain appointments at an earlier age than at present.
(Answered by Mr. Hobhouse.) Thirteen successful candidates who had been boy clerks obtained service marks in the last examination. I see no reason for altering the limits of age for the Second Division examination.