§ Mr. JOHN WARDasked upon what principal of classification three maximums have been established for Post Office wages at Bristol, and what paragraph of the Hobhouse Committee's Report justifies such diversity of wages in one town?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELI assume that the hon. Member refers to the remuneration of postmen. In the town postal area of Bristol there is but one scale of pay for postmen, namely, that specified in paragraph 341 of the Select Committee's Report as applicable to offices in Class I. Sub-offices in the neighbourhood of the Bristol town postal area have been placed in Classes II. and III. in accordance with the principles explained on page 56 of the Parliamentary Return—Post Office (Changes in Wages, etc.)—issued in July, 1908.
§ Mr. JOHN WARDWill the right hon. Gentleman answer that part of the question where I ask for reference to the paragraph of the Hobhouse Committee's Report which justifies three sets of wages?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThere are not three sets of wages in the town. There is only one town postal area and one rate of wages.
§ Mr. JOHN WARDAm I to understand that you have separated the city of Bristol into three sections?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThere is one postal area, and there are some offices in the districts surrounding the city of Bristol on different scales in accordance with the principles followed in the Post Office, the wages paid varying with the amount of work performed in the different offices.