§ Captain FRASERasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of paragraph 20 of the third South-borough Report, recommending that of 2553W the total marks to be obtained by ex-service candidates at the examination held for appointment to the general and departmental clerical classes, 25 per cent. shall be allotted to a Departmental Report as to the candidate's efficiency and capacity, he will state whether it will be possible for a temporary graded clerk, if his efficiency and conduct merit it, to obtain the maximum departmental marks, i.e., 250, irrespective of the Department in which he may be working?
§ Mr. McNEILLI am not aware of anything which will prevent a candidate obtaining full marks on his Departmental Report if his efficiency and conduct merit it, irrespective of the Department in which he is working, just as he may obtain full marks in the other subjects of the examination if his performance is of sufficiently high standard.