Captain COOPERasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he has received the petition of the ex-Royal Engineers employed in the Ordnance Survey in Ireland, forwarded to him on 26th January; and whether he is prepared to consider the claims of these men?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEI have received the petition referred to. The matters raised in it will be referred to the Committee which is about to be appointed to inquire into various questions connected with the conditions of employment in the Ordnance Survey Department.