§ 24. Mr. C. DUNCANasked the President of the Board of Education for particulars of the yearly increase in the permanent staff of the Board for the years 1905–10, inclusive, distinguishing between the patronage appointed higher staff and the clerical staff?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. J. A. Pease)The following table shows the numbers of the permanent higher staff and the clerical 14 staff of the Board of Education for the years 1905 to 1910, inclusive:—
| Year. | Higher staff. | Clerical staff. | |||
| Number of posts. | Increase. | Number of posts. | Increase. | ||
| 1905 | … | 469 | — | 525 | — |
| 1906 | … | 463 | — | 527 | 2 |
| 1907 | … | 466 | 3 | 604 | 77 |
| 1908 | … | 466 | — | 613 | 9 |
| 1909 | … | 456 | — | 639 | 26 |
| 1910 | … | 454 | — | 695 | 56 |