§ Mr. FIELDasked the Postmaster-General whether he can state, with reference to special increments granted under Clause 4 of the Order in Council of 29th May, 1905, to second division clerks employed in the Post Office Department, the total number of such increments granted each year from 1905 to 1909 inclusive; the number of second division clerks in each separate branch of the Post Office in which such clerks are employed who, on the 1st July in each year, had six or more years' service with salaries exceeding £190 a year and with salaries not exceeding £190 a year respectively; and the number of special increments granted to second division clerks in each branch in each of the years mentioned?
§ Mr. SYDNEY BUXTONThe total number of special increments granted to second division clerks in the Post Office during the years referred to was as follows:—
I do not think that any useful purpose would be served by furnishing the other particulars asked for, the increments being payable only to those officers who are exceptionally meritorious, and not to all officers who have reached the qualifying salary.
Year. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. Increments … 122 102 80 57 47