§ Mr. SITCHasked the Postmaster-General the average rates of wages which were paid to auxiliary postmen during the Christmas period?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe rates of pay of the temporary staff employed to assist during the Christmas season are fixed, within certain limits, at the discretion of the local postmaster. In London the rates were 1s. 0½d. an hour for week-day duty and 1s. 7d. an hour for attendance on Sunday and Christmas Day.