[131] For an account of the organization and the duties of the Treasury, as well as of the position and the duties of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, see Chapter XVII.
[132] Parliamentary Paper, No. 286, Session of 1881.
[133] In consequence of the fact that wages and salaries rise by annual increments from the minimum to the maximum, some years must elapse before the full effect of the increase in pay granted in 1881 would be felt. It was assumed that in the first year the total increase in expenditure would be $85,000, and that ultimately it would be $700,000. In that connection it was common to speak of a mean increase of $450,000.
[134] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, June 26, 1882, p. 429 and 431.
[135] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, March 29, 1883, p. 1,016.
[136] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, April 24, 1884, p. 572.
[137] From 1874 to 1880 Sir S. A. Blackwood had been Financial Secretary to the Post Office.
[138] Report from the Select Committee on Revenue Departments Estimates; q. 403 and 404.
[139] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; q. 11,641 to 11,648.
[140] Second Report of the Royal Commission on Civil Establishments, 1888; q. 10,562-3, 10,742 to 10,749, and 10,772 to 10,783.