§ Mr. GOULDINGasked the Secretary to the Treasury when the Report of the Committee appointed to consider the amagamation of the Excise and Customs services is likely to be issued; and whether, in case the whole report is incomplete, the portion of it dealing with the question of salaries in the combined Department will be issued before the end of May?
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§ Mr. HOBHOUSEI regret that I cannot yet fix a definite date for the issue of this Report, but I hope it will not now be very long before it is ready. I do not see my way to accept the suggestion in the second part of the question.
§ Mr. GOULDINGasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state what was the total number of retirements from the Excise outdoor service in each year from 1901 to 1910, inclusive; and what was the number of retirements occasioned by ill-health in each of these years?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEReturn of retirements from the Excise Outdoor Service (supervisors, officers, and assistants), during the ten years 1901–10, showing the number of retirements occasioned by ill-health:—
Year. Total number of retirements. Number occasioned by ill-health. 1901 … 42 19 1902 … 53 31 1903 … 36 18 1904 … 63 23 1905 … 62 20 1906 … 80 25 1907 … 79 22 1908 … 92 23 1909 … 153* 26 1910 … 66 24 * Compulsory retirement age reduced from 62 to 61 years.
§ Mr. GOULDINGasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state the number of Excise and pension officers who died during their term of active service in each year from 1901 to 1910, inclusive?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEReturn of Excise officers (supervisors, officers and assistants) who have died during their period of active service during each calendar year from 1901 to 1910, inclusive:—
Year. Number of deaths. 1901 … … … … 19 1902 … … … … 16 1903 … … … … 17 1904 … … … … 20 1905 … … … … 20 1906 … … … … 19 1907 … … … … 15 1908 … … … … 23 1909 … … … … 22 1910 … … … … 18