40. Sir W. SIJGDENasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the respective numbers of established and unestablished messengers and paper and record keepers employed in the headquarters and ex-headquarters departments of the Civil Service on the 1st
| Messengers, Paper Keepers, Press Keepers and Record Keepers. | |||
| Numbers employed on 1st April, 1932, showing separately those whose first appointment to Government service was (a) prior and (b) subsequent to the let April, 1926. | |||
| Grade. | Appointed to Government Service | Total. | |
| (a) prior to 1st April, 1926. | (b) subsequent to 1st April, 1926. | ||
| Messengers: | |||
| Established | 420 | 4 | 424 |
| Unestablished | 1,897 | 752 | 2,649 |
| Paper Keepers, Press Keepers and Record Keepers: | |||
| Established | 165 | 5 | 170 |
| Unestablished | 374 | 46 | 420 |