HC Deb 27 June 1861 vol 163 c1682

Order for Committee (Supply) read.

House in Committee; Mr. MASSEY in the Chair.

£250,000 on account Packet Service.

MR. PEEL

hoped the Committee would consent to vote £250,000 on account of payments to the contractors for the conveyance of mails by sea. These payments were payable quarterly, and at the end of this month the different Companies under contract would send in their claims. The only available source from which they could be paid was a Vote taken in the course of the year, and this was the last night on which the Vote could be granted, if granted at all.

Vote agreed to.

House resumed.

Resolution to be reported To-morrow; Committee to sit again To-morrow.