House of Commons, Intervention of members of, on behalf of public servants, 10-11; the Court of Appeal for civil servants, 184-85, 205, 382; reminded of civil servants' votes, 196; omnipotent, 199; responsibility resting on, 200; members of coerced, 203; asked to purchase votes, 232; thirty threatened with loss of seats, 239-40; majority of members pledged, 241; under pressure from the Civil Service unions, curtails Executive's power to dismiss incompetent and redundant employees, 245-66; intervention of on behalf of individuals through Civil Service unions, 246; is master of public departments, 252-53; pressure of members on heads of departments, 253-55; the tone in the, 277; stimulus of a question in the, 286; stands for extravagance, 360-77; the champion of class interests, 366; debates in, weaken hands of Treasury, 368, 384; constant pressure from, on Financial Secretary for class interests, 373-77 Hume, Joseph, W. E. Gladstone's tribute to, as a defender of economy in expenditure, 371-74 Hunt, G. W., calls Mr. Scudamore author of Bill to acquire telegraphs, 14; on uses of telegraph, 17; on estimated cost of and revenue from the telegraphs, 58; on the terms of purchase, 63; on purchase of reversionary rights, 64; on civil servants, 96-97 Incompetents, Difficulty of removing, 247-57, 259; reorganized out of service on pensions, 262-63; cost of pensions to, 263; juniors doing work of, 270 Indictment against telegraph companies, 15 Individual grievances, Interference for, 303 Industry, A ready-made, acquired, 5 Inland messages, Loss on, in Belgium, 21-22; in Switzerland, 24-26 Inland telegrams, Low rates on, 21; losses incurred by, 22 Inland traffic, Attempt to develop in Belgium, 21-22; in Switzerland, 25 Inquiry, Scope of the, 3-12 Inspection of education, 320-22 Inspectors, Educational, Difficulties of, 321-22 Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments named, 163-64 Intervention through House of Commons on behalf of individuals, 245-47, 251; in matters of promotion, 267-68; by Members an obvious difficulty, 274; types of, 294-96; on behalf of individual employees, how managed, 304-5; special cases of, by members of House of Commons, 293-301, 313-18; number of, 316; waste of executive ability from, 318-19; mismanagement arising from, 322 Irons, H. B., complains of prospects for promotion, 333 Isle of Man cable bought, 81 Jackson, ----, of Kilkenny, Interference for, 298 Jersey and Guernsey cable bought, 81 Jevons, W. S., on the increased use of telegraphs, 52; on cost of extension, 79; disillusionment of, 93, 390 Jobbery not the great evil of the service, 271 Johnson, H., Interference for, 296