§ MR. HENRY ALLENasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether he can now announce any decision of the Board as to the position and pay of the leading men of shipwrights in Her Majesty's dockyards; and, as to the 1421 Petition of the shipwrights, as a body, for an increase of pay?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEYTreasury approval has recently been received for the scheme recommended by the Committee on the Constructive Staff of the Navy. The leading men of shipwrights will be designated Inspectors. Their salaries will range from £100 to £150 a-year. In a few days the necessary orders will be issued to the yards. I am not authorized to hold out any hopes of a general increase of pay for the shipwrights.