§ Sir HENRY KIMBERasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether, before sanctioning the introduction of higher division clerks into any Department of the State already efficiently and capably served by its existing staff, it is the practice of the Treasury to make searching inquiries into the duties performed in order to ascertain whether they are of such a character as to justify the employment of clerks of the higher division, involving an ultimate increase in the cost of the establishment?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe answer is in the affirmative.