§ Mr. FIELDasked the number of assistant clerks at present serving in the Seamen's Registry; how many of these are eligible by service for promotion to the second division; whether there is any particular arrangement in the office regarding the number of second division vacancies to be reserved for assistant clerks; and if so, how many are likely to be promoted within the next ten years?
Mr. ROBERTSONIncluding two vacancies, there are thirty-nine assistant clerks (abstractor class) in the Seamen's Registry846W Office. Twenty of these are eligible for exceptional appointment to the second division under Clause 45 of the Order in Council of 10th January, 1910. Since July, 1906, it has been the practice in this office to fill every alternate vacancy by the promotion of an assistant clerk (abstractor) to the second division. No forecast can be made of the number of vacancies likely to occur within the next ten years.