§ Mr. HUGH BARRIEasked the right hon. Gentleman whether he is aware that at the last examination but one for posts under the intermediate scheme, where there were 27 vacancies for posts in other Departments and one vacancy for an assistant surveyorship of taxes, the Civil Service Commissioners had to go down as far as the sixtieth candidate who qualified before they could get one to accept the assistant surveyorship of taxes, and whether he will cause an inquiry to be made into the complaints of the surveyors of taxes as to the state of pressure of work that results in such difficulty to get candidates to accept the positions in the Tax Department?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe facts are not as stated in the first part of the question, and the second part does not therefore appear to arise.