§ Mr. FIELDasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will give instructions that successful candidates at the examination recently held for assistant clerks be informed that, out of about 170 new class assistant clerks in the Statistical Office of the Customs, only four have received promotion, and that the prospect of promotion promised in the regulations governing the appointment of new class assistant clerks is inferior in the Statistical Office to any other Department?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSENo, Sir.