§ Mr. CHAMBERSasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether, under the regulations of the Board of Customs and Excise, examining officers and assistants in the Customs branch receive extra remuneration when employed on bank or other public holidays; and, if so, why officials of these grades in Ireland were not paid for attendance on the special bank holiday proclaimed on the 8th July; whether he is aware that officers of the same grade in the county of London received payment for attendance on the special Coronation holiday on the 23rd June; and will he cause instructions to be given to place the Irish Customs officers on equal terms with their London colleagues?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe officers named receive remuneration when required to attend on public holidays falling within Section 8 of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876. The special Coronation holiday was proclaimed a public holiday under the provisions of that Section, but the 8th July was not. The officers required to attend on that day will be granted a holiday on another day.