§ Sir W. BYLESasked the Postmaster-General whether he can now say what is the rate of remuneration per hour which is to be offered to telegraph messengers during each year of their service from the age of fourteen and a-half to nineteen and 841W a-quarter; what is the rate of remuneration per hour which is to be offered to assistant postmen of from nineteen to twenty-one years of age for such time as they may be employed on the delivery of telegrams; and whether a syllabus of the examination to which boy messengers are to be subjected at the age of sixteen and a-quarter can now be published?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe Standing Committee have not yet reported upon the two first points raised by the hon. Member. But the Committee's recommendations when arrived at will be made public in due course. The syllabus of examination is not yet available, but will be published before long.