§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the facts recently brought to his notice with regard to the results of the Commission held in October, 1904, for first-class writers, now third-grade clerks, in the Expense Account Department of His Majesty's dockyards, and seeing that the men not selected are now excluded from promotion by the new scheme and are nearing the age limit, he can hold out any hope that their cases will be reconsidered?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAAs stated by my right hon. Friend the Civil Lord, on the 9th instant, no undertaking can be given that the candidates who qualified but were unsuccessful at the competitive examination in 1904 will be specially promoted. I understand that seven of the writers concerned sat at the recent examination for third-grade clerkships, the result of which has not yet been announced.