[389] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; Mr. E. B. L. Hill, Assistant Secretary General Post Office, London; q. 15,134.
[390] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; Mr. H. Symes, representative of the London Postmen; q. 10,115 to 10,197; and Mr. J. C. Badcock, Controller London Postal Service; q. 11,492.
[391] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; q. 15,134 et passim.
[392] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; Mr. Lewin Hill, Assistant Secretary General Post Office, London; q. 15,135 to 15,142; Mr. T. D. Venables, General Secretary Postal Telegraph Clerks’ Association; q. 4,620 et passim; and Mr. Jno. Christie, first class telegraphist at Edinburgh; q. 5,117 et passim.
[393] Who’s Who, 1904, Samuel, Herbert, (L.) M. P., Cleveland Division of N. Riding, Yorkshire, since 1902. Contested unsuccessfully, South Oxfordshire, 1895 and 1900. Education: University College School; Balliol College, Oxford. First Class Honors, Oxford, 1893.
[394] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, December 10, 1902, p. 658.
[395] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, June 6, 1904, p. 780.
[396] Who’s Who, 1905.
[397] At the by-election of January 29, 1904, Mr. Dobbie was elected by a majority of 44; at the General Election of January, 1906, he was defeated by 261 votes. The number of electors in the Ayr District is 8,031.
[398] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, June 14, 1904.