11. Mr. ROBINSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, the number of persons in the Department engaged on clerical work of a permanent character who are classed as temporary civil servants; and the number of men on manual labour, with the number that hold established appointments and the number that are un-established?
§ Captain KING(for The FIRST COMMISSIONER of WORKS): The total number of persons in the Department engaged on clerical work who are classed as temporary civil servants is 154, but it is impossible to say at present what proportion of this work (if any) will prove to be permanent; the number of men on manual labour proper is 2,552, all un-established.