§ Mr. GILLasked at how many of the revised rural sub-offices and town sub-offices respectively, since 1st January, 1908, was the sub-postmaster's salary fixed at an amount in excess of that warranted by calculation on the new unit scale of remuneration for commission sub-postmasters?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL:The numbers of sub-offices at which the scale payments have been fixed at amounts in excess of those warranted by the new scale are as follows: Rural sub-offices, 2,927; town sub-offices, 520.