§ 66. Mr. C. DUNCANasked the Secretary to the Treasury the ages, length of service, qualifications, and condition, 665 whether married or single, of the temporary clerks and temporary second division clerks who have been declared indispensable in the Stationery Office, while established clerks of considerable seniority are being released for military duty; how many clerks of the established staff, besides Messrs. Ribton and Griffiths, have been declared dispensable since the passage of the Military Service (No. 2) Act, 1916; and whether, both in the interests of economy and justice, it can be arranged that single temporary men should be released for military service before married established clerks, by allotting the work now being done by temporary clerks to the established clerks whom it is proposed to release for military service?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. McKinnon Wood)I am at present inquiring into the matter referred to in the question.