§ Mr. DOUGLAS HALLasked what salaries attached respectively to the positions of Special Commissioner of Income Tax, Chief Examiner of Assessments in the office of the Sub-Commissioner of Income Tax, and the Chief Clerk of the Public Works Loan Board; how many of the gentlemen recently appointed to these posts were previously members of the Civil Service; and if all or any of them passed any competition or qualifying examination before being appointed?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe scale of salary of a Special Commissioner of Income Tax 1630 is £500, rising to £1,000. The presiding Special Commissioner, however, is in receipt of a salary of £1,200 per annum. The Chief Examiner of Assessments in the office of the Special Commissioner (to whom presumably the hon. Member refers) receives £500 per annum. The scale of salary of the Chief Clerk of the Public Works Loan Board is £600, rising to £800 per annum. Of the gentlemen recently appointed to the posts referred to, two (the Chief Clerk of the Public Works Loan Board and the Chief Examiner of Assessments in the office of the Special Commissioner of Income Tax) were previously members of the Civil Service, and the appointments were made under Clause VII. of the Order in Council of 10th January, 1910.