§ Mr. FLETCHERasked the Postmaster-General if he will give an answer to the petition presented by the staff of the Hampstead post-office in July last year, asking to be placed in Divison 1, for the reason that rents are high in Hampstead, 620W and the cost of living there compels many Post Office officials to live at a distance from their work.
§ Mr. SYDNEY BUXTONThe petition will be answered in due course. I may add that the Parliamentary Committee recommended that Hampstead should be placed in Division 2, and according to the Board of Trade Returns the cost of living at Hampstead, as compared to other parts of London is not especially high.