§ Mr. WATTasked the Postmaster-General at what age the employés of his Department are forced by Statute or regulation to retire; and how many servants have so retired in the last two years?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELEstablished officers of the Post Office are required to retire on reaching the age of sixty, unless it is in the interests of the Department to retain their services, in which case their employment may be continued until they attain the age of sixty-five. In special cases, even after the age of sixty-five, officers can be retained under the authority of a Treasury Minute which must be laid on the Table of the House. The numbers of established officers who were superannuated at the age of sixty or upwards during 1910 and 1911 were 255 and 305, respectively. The figures for last year are not yet available.