§ Mr. ALDENasked the Postmaster-General whether he can see his way, in the interest of the Post Office, to recognise the work of the servants who die while in the service, and after serving for thirty years and upwards, by making some grant to the surviving relatives?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe Superannuation Act of 1909 provides for the payment of a gratuity to the legal personal representatives of any Civil servant en titled to the benefits of the Act who dies while in the service after serving not less than five years. The Treasury, who ad minister the Superannuation Acts, have no power to grant a death gratuity except in certain cases of fatal injury, in respect of any officer of the Civil Service not entitled to the benefits of the Act of 1909.