§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether any decision has as yet been arrived at on the various petitions submitted to the Board by different classes of artizans working in Her Majesty's Dockyards; and, if so, whether such decision will be carried out this year, and the necessary Votes taken in the Estimates?
§ MR. CAMPBELL - BANNERMANSir, a personal inquiry has been made 381 by some of my Colleagues and myself into the subject of the various Memorials from the Dockyards, and we are now engaged in considering the cases submitted. I should mislead the hon. Member if I implied by my answer that "Votes" would necessarily be required; because, until a decision is arrived at, it is impossible to say whether an addition will be made to the wages of any of the workmen. No unnecessary delay will take place; but the ground covered by the Memorialists is of great extent, and the examination cannot be hurried.