[116] A subsequent concession reduced the minimum to £120.
[118] Since the above was written, the error, for such I unhesitatingly pronounce it, has been aggravated by admission into the subjects for competitive examination of some quite foreign to the business of the office—as Latin and Greek.
[119] Sir R. Hill’s foreboding has proved only too true. In our high telegraph rate we pay, and shall long pay, for the reckless extravagance with which the purchase of the telegraphs was made.—Ed.
[120] Vol. v., p. 1, March 20, 1852.
[121] See Vol. I., p. 417.—Ed.
[122] Macaulay’s “History of England,” Vol. v., p. 16 (edition in eight volumes.)—Ed.
[123] “Sixth Report,” p. 10.
[124] “Second Report,” p. 10.
[125] See Vol. II., p. 100.