§ Mr. DOUGLAS HALLasked the President of the Local Government Board what is the total number of persons, not at the time of appointment in permanent Government employment, who have been appointed since January, 1906, to positions in his Department with salaries exceeding £100 a year, and who did not previously to their appointment pass an examination by the Civil Service Commissioners; and what is the total amount of their salaries?
§ Mr. BURNSThe number of appointments made without examination is fifty-nine, and the commencing salaries amount in the aggregate to £22,780.