§ Mr. JOWETTasked the Postmaster-General whether there is any intention to reduce or abolish the method of recruiting Post Office clerkships (supplementary establishment) by limited competition among sorters and telegraphists; and has there been any departure recently from this procedure and the positions filled from any other source?
§ Mr. SYDNEY BUXTONNo, Sir; except that in the future, as in the past, occasional appointments may fall to assistant clerks of exceptional merit.