§ On the question that 963l. 0s. 3d. be granted to defray the expense of the Civil Government of Heligoland.
§ Mr. Humebegged to inquire what a Civil Government was required for. Formerly, all the establishment deemed necessary to manage affairs at Heligoland was a captain and a lieutenant; but now we had a lieutenant-governor with 500l. a year, a lieutenant-governor's clerk with 136l. a year, two clergymen with 50l each, a Town Clerk with 60l., a signal man 60l. 10s., a buoy-keeper 33l. 6s. 8d., a mail-carrier, 69l. 6s. 8d., and block-house keeper 3l. He wanted to know what employment there could be for all these various officers. Above all, what need could there be for two parsons.
§ The vote was agreed to.