[393] _Who's Who_, 1904, Samuel, Herbert, (L.) M. P., Cleveland Division of N. Riding, Yorkshire, since 1902. Contested unsuccessfully, South Oxfordshire, 1895 and 1900. Education: University College School; Balliol College, Oxford. First Class Honors, Oxford, 1893. [394] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, December 10, 1902, p. 658. [395] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, June 6, 1904, p. 780. [396] _Who's Who_, 1905. [397] At the by-election of January 29, 1904, Mr. Dobbie was elected by a majority of 44; at the General Election of January, 1906, he was defeated by 261 votes. The number of electors in the Ayr District is 8,031. [398] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, June 14, 1904. [399] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, June 13, 1904. [400] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, October 29, 1906, p. 669. [401] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897; Mr. E. B. L. Hill, Assistant Secretary General Post Office, London; q. 15,180; and Mr. S. Walpole, Secretary to the Post Office; q. 15,274. [402] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897, p. 11. [403] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897, p. 18. [404] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897, p. 8. [405] _Second Report of the Royal Commission on Civil Establishments_; q. 10,590 to 10,595. [406] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897; q. 4,215 and following, and 3,198. [407] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897; q. 3,631 to 3,636, 3,583, and 4,397 and following. [408] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897; q. 3,037 to 3,060. [409] _Who's Who_, 1905, Shackleton, D. J., M. P. (Lab.), since 1902. Secretary of Darwen Weavers' Association; Vice-President of the Northern Counties Weavers' Amalgamation; Member of Blackburn Chamber of Commerce. [410] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, June 6, 1904, p. 779. [411] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, July 24, 1905, p. 34. [412] _Second Report of the Royal Commission on Civil Establishments_, 1888; q. 20,114 and 20,115. [413] _Third Report from the Committee on Civil Services Expenditure_, 1873; q. 4,729 to 4,731. [414] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897; q. 3,035 and 3,065. [415] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897; q. 2,985 and following, and 3,035 to 3,036. [416] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897; q. 2,777 and following, and Appendix, pp. 1,079 and 1,084. [417] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897; q. 2,576. [418] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897; q. 671, 660 to 663, and 1897 to 1914. CHAPTER XVIII