§ Mr. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Dublin, Harbour)asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that the salaries paid to temporary surveyors employed on revaluation in the Valuation Office, Dublin, is at present between £8 and £10 a month, without subsistence allowance, and that the Chief Commissioner of Valuation endeavours to secure engineering graduates of the Irish universities to do this work; and, in view of the fact that the work of temporary surveyors in the Valuation Office does not add to their experience or skill in the engineering profession, and that they are moved about constantly from place to place, he will take steps that a higher salary than a month may be paid to these men, who have had to undergo an expensive and prolonged professional training?
§ Mr. MONTAGUI do not think the initial remuneration is inadequate to the work performed. I may point out that the officers in question, after six months' satisfactory service, may receive an increase in salary.