§ Sir JOHN BETHELLasked the Postmaster-General whether, as a part or as a consequence of the scheme for the abolition of the home surveying district, it is intended to reduce the number of sorting clerks and telegraphists at any of the offices formerly contained in that district by diverting a portion of their present duties to classes receiving lower rates of pay?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThere is no such intention. The abolition of the home surveying district does not affect the rank and file in the post offices in any way whatever.