[263] Who’s Who, 1904, Vincent, Sir Edgar; M. P. since 1899; President of Council of Ottoman Public Debt, 1883; Financial Adviser to Egyptian Government, 1883 to 1889; Governor of Imperial Ottoman Bank, Constantinople, 1889 to 1897.
[264] Report from the Select Committee on National Expenditure, 1902; q. 2,559 and 2,560.
[265] Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, April 15, 1875, p. 1,033.
[266] Second Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Civil Establishments, 1888; q. 20,084.
[267] Second Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Civil Establishments, 1888; q. 10,535 to 10,536.
[268] Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments, 1897; q. 11,619 and 11,697.
[269] Second Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Civil Establishments, 1888, p. xx.
[270] Second Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Civil Establishments, 1888; q. 19,229, Mr. Robert Giffen, the eminent statistician and economist, who was also an officer in the Board of Trade.
[271] Third Report from the Select Committee on Civil Services Expenditure, 1873; q. 4,225.
[272] Second Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Civil Establishments, 1888, pp. xx and xxv, and q. 19,240, 20,434 and 20,435, 20,370, 20,392 to 20,395, 20,412, 20,434 to 20,438, 20,441, 19,229 and following, 17,245 and following, and 20,398 to 20,404.