§ 68. Mr. GOLDSTONEasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether, in the case of clerks now being appointed for temporary service in Government Departments owing to the War, any written 799 engagement is made with such clerks stating definitely that their employment is of a purely temporary character and carries no prospect of permanent employment?
§ Mr. ACLANDThe letter of assignment normally addressed to temporary clerks engaged by the Civil Service Commissioners intimates that the Commissioners cannot give any undertaking respecting the length of their service, and that it should clearly be understood that their employment is strictly temporary, does not entitle to a gratuity and cannot lead to a permanent situation in the Civil Service. If there are any cases in which this practice is not being followed I shall be glad to hear of them.