§ SIR WILLIAM EDMONSTONEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether his attention has been called to a scheme put forward in the "Army and Navy Gazette" of the 3rd of April last, for the organization and maintenance of a Fund for making provision for the widows and children of Sailors and Marines; and, whether he has considered how far the advantages named in such scheme could be reasonably expected to be realized on the basis proposed?
§ MR. HUNTSir, the scheme referred to by my hon. and gallant Friend has 580 been examined by the Accountant General, and his Report shows that no such provision as that proposed could possibly be made for widows and children in return for the contributions proposed to be levied, even if the whole of the continuous service men and a large number of boys, besides all the Marines and Coast Guard, were to subscribe, which would be very unlikely.