§ MR. O'GRADYI beg to ask the Postmaster-General if he is aware that the recommendation of the Select Committee meant that all full time adult night messengers were to be placed upon the establishment irrespective of the age limit, the intention of the Committee being that these men should obtain the benefit of a small retiring pension; and whether he will arrange that in exceptional cases the messengers will be appointed under Clause VII. of the Order in Council of the 4th June, 1870, as was done in the case of the established telegraphists at the Central Telegraph Office.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONThe Committee's recommendation was that "any full time messenger who has been employed for five years and can obtain a Civil Service certificate should be placed on the establishment," and this is being done. The unestablished telegraphists at the Central Telegraph Office were in the same way required to obtain Civil Service certificates before appointment.