SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFEasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether it is intended to give to the executive Chief Petty Officers of the Royal Navy a pension based on the rank they hold, 125 their present pension being that of a rank one grade lower in the service?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEYThe chief petty officers are a most valuable class; but the Admiralty do not feel justified in increasing the present scale of pension.