(b) Such application, with a full report upon the facts, to be sent to the General Manager of the Railway concerned through the usual channel.

(c) A Committee of Departmental Officers to be set up on each Railway for dealing with all applications and reporting thereon to the General Manager, who shall in due course give his decision, and a copy of this decision, with reason, if declined, shall be given to the applicant.

(d) If so desired, applicants for revision of classification may attend the meeting of the local Railway Committee at which their applications are to be considered, and may also be accompanied in each case by an advocate, who shall be a fellow clerk or a Representative of the man’s Trades Union.

17. – Interpretation.

Any question of interpretation of this Agreement shall be referred for decision to the Committee who negotiated this Agreement, namely, the Committee of General Managers, acting on behalf of the Ministry of Transport, the Committee of the Railway Clerks’ Association, and the Committee of the National Union of Railwaymen.

APPENDIX “A.”

The scale rates applicable to men placed in Classes I. to VI. will be determined according to the number of years they have held the classified position.

For example :—

(1) A man who was appointed to his present position on July 31st, 1915, or any date prior to this, will go to the maximum rate for the class in which his position is classified.

(2) A man appointed to his present position, say, on June, 1st, 1917, will on August 1st, 1919, be in his third year in that position, and will go to the third year rate of the class in which his position is classified, viz.:–
        £335         ...         ...         ...  Class I.
        £285         ...         ...         ...      ”    II.
        £250         ...         ...         ...      ”    III.
        £220         ...         ...         ...      ”    IV.