§ MR. SEYMOUR KEAY (Elgin and Nairn)I beg to ask the Secretary to 1346 the Treasury what part of the £965 paid yearly to the Master Surveyor and Keeper of the Hawks was originally for salary, and what part was for the purchase and maintenance of hawks; whether he has observed that the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4, c. 96, Clause 9, whereby the pensions to the Marquess of Down-shire and other persons were first charged on the Civil List, directs the same to be so charged "during the pleasure of His Majesty"; whether he will state if, since the Treasury proposed that the pay of £162 10s. yearly to the warders of Hillsborough Fort shall continue until "the resignation or demise of the present recipients of the allowances," steps have been taken to ascertain who the recipients are, and what are their respective ages and consequent expectations of life, so as to determine whether the allowances, before they lapse, will amount in the aggregate to a large or only to a small sum, in order to enable the House to "pass an opinion on each agreement to commute," as invited by the last paragraph of the Treasury Minute of 15th July; and whether the Treasury has any reason to expect that any of the warders will tender their "resignation," and so terminate their allowances before demise?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. JACKSON,) Leeds, N.If the hon. Member will refer to the reply which I gave on Tuesday to my hon. Friend the Member for Preston, and to the appendix of the Report of the Select Committee, he will find all the information asked for in his first and second questions. Payment to the warders would only be made on direct proofs of life and of tenure of office.
§ MR. HANBURYThe right hon. Gentleman did not answer part of my question the other day, namely, whether all the payments will be commuted at the same rate?
§ MR. JACKSONCertainly, Sir; but I think I did answer that question the other day.