§ MR. ALDERMAN LUSKsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether the Petition from the clerks in the various Government Prisons, praying for an increase of salary, as sent to the Directors of Convict Prisons on the 19th of November, 1866, has been forwarded to the Treasury; and, if so, whether an answer may soon be expected, or if its prayer will be granted?
§ MR. HUNTsaid, in reply, that the petition had been sent to the Treasury at a much later date, and had not come under his notice until the Estimates for the year 1867–8 had been closed. It required to be referred to another Department before coming to the Treasury for decision.