§ Mr. KELLYasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of established shorthand-typists and of established copying-typists authorised and employed as at 1st April in each year since 1920 in each of the Departments in which these classes are employed?
Mr. SAMUELA table is appended showing the number of established short-
Established Typists and Established Shorthand Typists—Numbers Authorised and Employed on 1st April, 1928. Department. Established Shorthand Typists. Established Copying Typists. Authorised. Employed. Authorised. Employed. Admiralty … 177 99 168 92 Agriculture and Fisheries … 48 41 52 31 Air Ministry … 56 52 54 50 British Museum … 2 2 1 — Cabinet Offices … 2 2 1 1 Charity Commission … 3 1 12 7 Civil Service Commission … 3 2 7 6 Colonial Office and Dominion Office … 28 14 43 29 Control, Board of … 5 3 5 3 County Courts … 2 2 — — Crown Lands … 4 4 4 4 Customs and Excise … 13 8 41 25 Development Fund … — — — —