[379] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, March 28, 1889, p. 1,022.
[380] Who’s Who, 1905, Hay, Honorable C. G. D., M. P. (C.) since 1900; partner in Ramsford & Co., Stock-brokers; founder, manager, and director of the Fine Art and General Insurance Co., Ltd.
[381] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, June 2, 1902, p. 1,096.
[382] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, April 15, 1902, p. 283; and August 1, 1902, p. 396.
[383] Who’s Who, 1905, Plummer, Sir W. R., Kt. cr. 1904; M. P. (C.) Newcastle-on-Tyne since 1900; merchant; member of City Council; Director of Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Co.
[384] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, March 25, 1903; Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Postmaster General: “The regulation is that all pensionable officers of whatever grade whose conduct, capacity, and efficiency fall below a fair standard shall be called upon to retire at sixty; but retirement at sixty is not enforced in the case of officers whose conduct is good, and who are certified by their superior officers to be thoroughly efficient.”
[385] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, February 4, 1902, and August 1, 1902, p. 396.
[386] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, November 24, 1902, p. 231.
[387] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, June 19, 1902, p. 1,101; and July 28, 1902, p. 1,346.
[388] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; q. 12,537 to 12,551; and Appendix, p. 1,108. See also: Second Report of the Royal Commission on Civil Establishments, 1888, p. xxiii; and Third Report from the Select Committee on Civil Services Expenditure, 1873; Mr. R. E. Welby, Principal Clerk for Financial Business in the Treasury; q. 507 to 515.