[121] Return to an Order of the Honorable, The House of Commons, dated March 16th, 1898.
[122] Parliamentary Paper, No. 34, Session of 1876, Lord John Manners, Postmaster General; and Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897, Mr. L. Hill, Assistant Secretary, General Post Office, London; Appendix, pp. 1,095 and 1,099.
[123] Report of a Committee Appointed by the Treasury to investigate the Causes of the Increased Cost of the Telegraph Service since the Acquisition of the Telegraphs by the State, 1875, p. 5; First Report of the Civil Service Inquiry Commission, 1875, p. 9; and Report from the Select Committee on Post Office (Telegraph Department), 1876; Mr. E. Graves, Divisional Engineer; q. 1,566 and following.
[124] Second Report of the Royal Commission on Civil Establishments, 1888; Sir Lyon Playfair; q. 20,124 to 20,194; Sir Reginald E. Welby, Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, 10,557 to 10,560; and Appendix, p. 570 and following.
[125] Parliamentary Paper, No. 286, Session of 1881.
[126] Report from the Select Committee on Revenue Departments Estimates, 1888; Appendix No. 12, Mr. C. H. B. Patey, Third Secretary to the Post Office.
[127] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, August 16, 1881, p. 128.
[128] That is, he had given the telegraphists an interview.
[129] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, August 16, 1881, p. 141.
[130] The narrative ignores the parts of the scheme affecting the letter carriers and letter sorters.