§ Mr. GOLDSTONEasked the Secretary to the Treasury the number of assistant clerks, new class, employed in the Statistical Office, Customs and Excise; also the number of assistant clerks in that office who, during the past five years, have been certified as suffering from phthisis or any other tuberculous disease?
Mr. ROBERTSONThe number of posts of assistant clerk, new class, in the Statistical Office is 186. Out of 327 such clerks who have been employed in these posts in the past five years five have been certified as suffering from phthisis or other tuberculous disease while employed in the office.