CAPTAIN PRICEasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether, having regard to the difficulty in providing Greenwich Hospital pensions for the aged Seamen and Marines who are eligible for them, the Admiralty will abstain from bestowing the pension of £150 a year, freed by the death of the late Admiral Morshead, upon another Flag Officer?
THE LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. R. W. DUFF)There is no intention to deprive officers of their share of Greenwich Hospital funds. This share is a small one, officers and their relatives receiving between £8,000 and £9,000 a-year; while seamen, marines, their children, and relatives receive £145,000 a-year from the funds of the charity.