§ Mr. MORRELLasked the Postmaster-General if his attention has been called to the hardship that frequently arises in some branches of the Post Office service from the compulsory retirement on the ground of age of men who are otherwise well qualified to continue in the service; and whether, in view of the importance of retaining in civil employment the largest possible number of men who are outside the military age, he will consider the desirability of modifying the regulations on this subject?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEApplications from Post Office servants to be allowed to remain after the age of sixty are receiving favourable consideration so far as is consistent with the interests of the service.