§ Mr. CHARLES PRICEasked the Postmaster-General if he can state the number of sorting clerks in the Edinburgh sorting office who have, during the last twenty years, been appointed to the position of postmaster; and if there is any rule regulating such promotions?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELDuring the last twenty years one sorting clerk and telegraphist employed in the sorting office at Edinburgh has been appointed to the position of postmaster. There is no rule regulating appointments to postmaster-ships. Such appointments are open to all classes of Post Office servants, and it is the practice to select from the candidates on each occasion the most suitable officer for the vacant appointment.