§ MR. WILLCOXsaid, he would beg to ask the right hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, having expressed in that House his hopes that the Report of the Royal Commissioners upon the Civil Service Superannuation Act would be laid upon the table before Easter, he had intimated to them his expectations upon that point; and, if not, whether he will do so, reminding them, at the same time, that they have had this question in charge ever since October, 1856?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, that it would be impossible for him to give the Commissioners any instructions as to the time at which they should make their Report; but he understood that it would be ready before Easter. The Commissioners had, in accordance with the recommendation of the Select Committee of last Session, called for a Report from eminent actuaries upon the subject.