GENERAL CODRINGTONsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary for War if he can lay on the table of the House any Return of the rate of wages and skilled labour in England and in the Colonies, showing the possibility of Civil Servants being engaged by Staff Officers at the rate of 1s. or 1s. 6d. a day in those places respectively?
§ SIR JOHN RAMSDENsaid, he was not aware of the existence of any such Return.