FOOTNOTES:
[169] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897, is the official title of the Committee’s Report.
[170] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897, p. 4.
[171] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; q. 15,119 and following, 11,706, 11,694, 15,123, 11,642 to 11,648, 11,680 to 11,697, 11,774 and 11,805.
[172] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; q. 4,183 to 4,185, 3,907 to 3,912, 3,868 to 3,879 and 4,140 to 4,149.
[173] Mr. Kerry probably meant that the employees of the companies worked under greater pressure.
[174] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; q. 6,747 and following, and 6,691 to 6,694.
[175] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; q. 3,863 and 3,853.
[176] Compare: Second Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Civil Establishments, 1888, p. xvi. In 1888 the salaries of the Lower Division Clerks of the Civil Service ranged from $475 to $1,250. The Royal Commission recommended that in the future the salaries in question should range from $350 to $1,750, with an efficiency bar at $500 at the end of seven years’ service, and a second efficiency bar at $950 at the end of nineteen years’ service.
[177] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897, pp. 9, 11 and 1,088; and q. 4,256 and following, 4,161 to 4,162, 15,126 to 15,134, and 3,913 to 3,937.