§ Mr. HAYDN JONESasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the assistants of the Customs and Excise service who entered the Department since the introduction of the common entrance examination and who are now doing duty in the Customs branch of the service, are receiving more salary than assistants of three years' service who entered the Department under the old examination scheme, although performing 1512 similar duties; and, if so, how long this condition is to continue, and what steps he proposes to take to remedy it?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe question does not accurately represent the full facts of the case, but I do not think it advisable to make any statement on the subject in advance of the Amalgamation Committee's Report.