§ 49. Mr. EDWARDS(for Mr. HICKS) asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of departmental higher clerical officers, departmental clerical officers, P-class clerks, and temporary clerks employed as at the most convenient date in the outdoor service of the Customs and Excise Department other than in the collectors' offices and sub-offices, and the allocation of such officers to the various collections?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Major Elliot)The figures are in process of compilation, and I will send the hon. Member a statement giving the figures asked for at an early date.