§ Sir HILDRED CARLILEasked the Attorney-General why members of the Land Registry staff who have hitherto occupied the position of superintendent surveyors have been transferred from this position to that of temporary third-class clerks, involving a reduction in pay from 17s. to 8s. 7d. per diem, although every satisfaction has been expressed at the manner in which they have carried out their duties in the former position; and whether steps will be taken to reinstate them in the map department from which they have been removed?
§ Sir RUFUS ISAACSThe original employment of the gentlemen referred to (three in number) was temporary in the map department of the Land Registry, and was discontinued after a year's notice, at the end of March, 1909, on a diminution of that department which had become necessary. As they stated that they had no prospect of obtaining other employment, they were offered the refusal of three new posts in the temporary clerical staff of the Land Registry which were created about the same time. This offer was accepted by them.