HC Deb 26 July 1887 vol 318 c18
MR. PULESTON (Devonport)

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether, in view of the further addition to the new Dockyard Staff of the Admiralty, by the appointment, as proposed, of Chief Constructor as assistant to the Director of Dockyards, any proportional reduction is to be made in the Staff?

THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)

Yes; it is proposed to reduce the number of Constructors by two.