FOOTNOTES:
[210] This examination is for third-class clerks only. Vacancies are filled up in the first and second classes from the third without any further examination.
[211] Clerks in the Solicitor's Office are examined also in conveyancing, and in the general principles of equity and common law.
[212] A Post-Office Mutual Guarantee Fund, suggested by Mr. Banning, the postmaster of Liverpool, is in active operation in London, and deserves mention. By means of this fund many officers of the Post-Office have been relieved from the necessity of providing personal securities, or of paying yearly sums to some guarantee office. Any clerk in London who may wish to join deposits the sum of 10s., and letter-carriers 5s. These deposits are invested in the name of trustees in Government securities. There are at present nearly 3,000 subscribers, with an invested capital of 900l. Last year there were no demands at all on the fund except payments to members leaving the service, who not only draw out their original deposits, but are entitled to receive back a proportionate amount of interest after defaults have been paid.
APPOINTMENTS IN THE CHIEF OFFICE IN LONDON. (Extracted from the Estimates of 1864-5.)
In all cases marked thus * the present holders of office, or some of them, receive additional allowances, either on account of length of service, compensation, as paid on some previous scale of salary, or for extra work.
Number
of
Persons. | Designation. | Salary of Office. |
|---|
Minimum
per Annum. | Annual
Increment. | Maximum
per Annum. |
|---|
| | | £ | £ s. | £ |
| 1 | Postmaster-General | — | — | 2,500 |
| 1 | Secretary | 1,500 | after 5 years | 2,000 |
| 2 | Assistant Secretaries* | 700 | 50 0 | 1,000 |
| | Secretary's Office. | | | |
| 1 | Chief Clerk | 600 | 25 0 | 800 |
| 1 | Principal Clerk for Foreign and Colonial Business* | 600 | 25 0 | 800 |
| 11 | First-class Clerks:— | | | |
| | 4 First Section | 500 | 25 0 | 600 |
| | 7 Second Section* | 400 | 20 0 | 500 |
| 4 | Senior Clerks | — | — | 440 |
| 19 | Second-class Clerks* | 260 | 15 0 | 380 |
| 16 | Third-class Clerks | 120 | 10 0 | 240 |
| 11 | Supplementary Clerks | 80 | 5 0 | 150 |
| 10 | Probationary Clerks at 5s. a day | | | |
| | Solicitor's Office. | | | |
| 1 | Solicitor | — | — | 1,500 |
| 1 | Assistant Solicitor | — | — | 800 |
| 1 | Second-class Clerk | 260 | 15 0 | 380 |
| 2 | Third-class Clerks | 120 | 10 0 | 240 |
| 1 | Fourth-class Clerk | 80 | 5 0 | 150 |
| | Mail Office. | | | |
| 1 | Inspector-General* | 600 | 25 0 | 800 |
| 1 | Deputy Inspector-General | 500 | 20 0 | 600 |
| 1 | Principal Clerk of Stationary Branch | 400 | 20 0 | 500 |
| 1 | Principal Clerk of Travelling Branch | 350 | 20 0 | 450 |
| 3 | First-class Clerks | 260 | 10 0 | 350 |
| 6 | Second-class Clerks* | 180 | 7 10 | 240 |
| 12 | Third-class Clerks | 80 | 5 0 | 150 |
| 5 | Inspectors of Mails
Allowance of 15s. a day when travelling. | 300 | 20 0 | 500 |
| | Travelling Post-Office. | | | |
| 8 | First-class Clerks | 260 | 10 0 | 350 |
| 15 | Second-class Clerks | 180 | 7 10 | 240 |
| 30 | Third-class Clerks | 80 | 5 0 | 150 |
| 141 | Sorters:— | | | |
| | 10 First-class | 40s. a wk. | 2 12 | 50s. a wk. |
| | 19 Second-class | 32s. a wk. | 2 12 | 38s. a wk. |
| | 38 Third-class | 25s. a wk. | 2 12 | 30s. a wk. |
| | 74 Fourth-class | 18s. a wk. | 2 12 | 25s. a wk. |
| | Clerks in this office are also allowed travelling allowances at the rate of 5s. a trip; sorters, 3s. a trip | | | |
| 1 | Supervisor of Mails' Bag Apparatus | — | — | 290 |
| | Receiver and Accountant-General's Office. | | | |
| 1 | Receiver and Accountant-General* | 600 | 25 0 | 800 |
| 1 | Chief Examiner* | 475 | 20 0 | 575 |
| 1 | Cashier* | 475 | 20 0 | 575 |
| 1 | Principal Book-keeper* | 425 | 20 0 | 525 |
| 11 | First Class Clerks:— | | | |
| | 5 First Section | 310 | 15 0 | 400 |
| | 6 Second Section* | 260 | 10 0 | 350 |
| 17 | Second-class Clerks* | 180 | 7 10 | 240 |
| 22 | Third-class Clerks | 80 | 5 0 | 150 |
| | Money-Order Office. | | | |
| 1 | Controller* | 500 | 25 0 | 750 |
| 1 | Chief Clerk* | 400 | 20 0 | 550 |
| 1 | Examiner* | 375 | 15 0 | 450 |
| 1 | Book-keeper* | 375 | 15 0 | 450 |
| 13 | First-class Clerks:— | | | |
| | 4 First Section | 365 | 15 0 | 400 |
| | 9 Second Section | 260 | 10 0 | 350 |
| 52 | Second-class Clerks | 180 | 7 10 | 240 |
| 55 | Third-class Clerks | 80 | 5 0 | 150 |
| 6 | Probationary Clerks 5s. per day | | | |
| | Circulation Department. | | | |
| 1 | Controller* | 600 | 25 0 | 800 |
| 1 | Vice-Controller* | 500 | 20 0 | 600 |
| 3 | Sub-Controllers | 450 | 20 0 | 600 |
| 16 | Deputy Controllers | 350 | 15 0 | 500 |
| 40 | First-class Clerks* | 260 | 10 0 | 350 |
| 80 | Second-class Clerks* | 180 | 7 10 | 240 |
| 118 | Third-class Clerks* | 80 | 5 0 | 150 |
| 7 | First-class Inspectors of Letter-carriers | 210 | 10 0 | 300 |
| 15 | Second-class ditto | 150 | 7 10 | 200 |
| 20 | Third-class ditto | 110 | 5 10 | 145 |
| 2,356 | Sorters, Messengers, &c. viz.— | | | |
| | Sorters 100 1st Class | 40s. a wk. | 2 12 | 50s. a wk. |
| | Sorters 450 2d Class | 24s. a wk. | 2 12 | 38s. a wk. |
| | Messengers 20 2d Class | 21s. a wk. | 2 12 | 40s. a wk. |
| | Stampers 60 1st Class | 28s. a wk. | 2 12 | 35s. a wk. |
| | Stampers 199 2d Class | 21s. a wk. | 2 12 | 27s. a wk. |
| | Letter-carriers 330 1st Class* | 26s. a wk. | 2 12 | 30s. a wk. |
| | Letter-carriers 962 2d Class* | 20s. a wk. | 2 12 | 25s. a wk. |
| | Surveyors' Department. | | | |
| 13 | Surveyors* | 500 | 25 0 | 700 |
| 32 | Surveyors' Clerks:— | | | |
| | 13 First Class* | 300 | 20 0 | 400 |
| | 19 Second Class* | 200 | 10 0 | 300 |
| 13 | Stationary Clerks | 80 | 5 0 | 150 |
The surveyors have travelling allowances at the rate of 20s. per diem; surveyors' clerks, 15s. per diem; clerks in charge, 10s. and 7s. per diem. The whole are also allowed actual expenses of locomotion.