§ Major BIRCHALLasked the Postmaster-General what wages, including bonus, are paid to boys employed by the Post Office?
§ Viscount WOLMERTelegraph messengers are the principal class of boys employed by the Post Office. Their pay varies according to age and the locality of their employment. In London a boy of 14 receives 14s. 5d. a week, and a boy of 18 receives 28s. 10d. a week, at 19, 34s. 3d., and 20, 39s. 8d. In the provinces the rates are somewhat lower.