§ Mr. WILESasked the Secretary to the Treasury how many Second Division clerks accepted the new scale of salary with the adjustment of pay provided for under Order in Council dated 21st December, 1907, and how many retained the old scale; what was the gross cost of granting the adjustment of salary; and will he state the cost of providing for the higher increments of those officers who accepted the new scale, and the estimated amount of offset or saving due to the surrender of the higher grade maximum of £350 for the maximum of £300?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEFigures are not available, and could only be obtained by reference to all the Departments where Second Division clerks are employed. It is known, however, that a very large proportion of clerks accepted the new scale. Over a period of 45 years' service in the Second Division the total salary on the new scale would be £60 more than under the old scale, the increase in the first thirty years being £710 and the decrease in the last fifteen being £650.