[399] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, June 13, 1904.

[400] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, October 29, 1906, p. 669.

[401] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; Mr. E. B. L. Hill, Assistant Secretary General Post Office, London; q. 15,180; and Mr. S. Walpole, Secretary to the Post Office; q. 15,274.

[402] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897, p. 11.

[403] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897, p. 18.

[404] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897, p. 8.

[405] Second Report of the Royal Commission on Civil Establishments; q. 10,590 to 10,595.

[406] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; q. 4,215 and following, and 3,198.

[407] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; q. 3,631 to 3,636, 3,583, and 4,397 and following.

[408] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; q. 3,037 to 3,060.