§ Mr. CHARLES DUNCANasked the Secretary to the Treasury the number of assistant clerks who, in each of the last 1245W five years, have been recommended by the heads of their Departments for promotion to the second division; and the number of instances in which the Treasury has withheld its sanction?
§ Mr. MONTAGUAs far as I have been able to ascertain them, the figures are as follow:—
Promotion of Assistant Clerks to Second Division. — No. of Cases Recommended. No. of Cases Refused. 1909 47 1 1910 38 2 1911 78 — 1912 89 3 1913 77 6