§ MR. T. HUGHESasked the Postmaster General, When the amount of the annuities of officers of Telegraph 1752 Companies, whose services will not be required by the department, will be fixed and the annuities paid?
§ MR. MONSELLsaid, in reply, that the settlement of the pensions due to officers of telegraph companies whose services would not be required by the Post Office Department was delayed until the Law Officers of the Crown had given their decision on certain questions submitted to them. That decision had been obtained, and schedules were being prepared by the Treasury. Pending the settlement of the claims, provisional allowances had been made to all those with respect to whose claims no doubt had arisen.