§ Sir WILLIAM BULLasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will give a ruling on the seniority of assistant clerks employed in His Majesty's Civil Service similar to that in force for the second division; and whether this ruling will apply to all assistant clerks, new class, irrespective of date of original appointment or transfer?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEIt has been held that a similar rule as to seniority to that applicable to the second division—viz., that seniority depends on length of service as a. whole, and not on length of service in any particular department—should obtain in the case of assistant clerks transferred subsequently to the Order in Council of 21st December, 1907. I am not prepared to agree that this ruling should extend to assistant clerks transferred prior to that date.