§ MR. BLAKEsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether it is the intention of Government to increase the salaries and alter the classification of the outdoor Officers of Customs, as has been recently done in the instance of the clerks of the indoor department?
§ MR. CHILDERS, in reply, said, the officers to whom the hon. Gentleman alluded were the tide-waiters. Their salaries had been considered some time ago, and there was no intention now to alter them. The salaries had been increased at the out-ports, and there was no intention on the part of the Treasury to make any general alteration in those rates at the present time.