HC Deb 09 March 1871 vol 204 c1669
COLONEL GILPIN

asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Upon what grounds the Treasury refused the payment of money voted by the House of Commons to the Clerks of Convict Prisons?

MR. BAXTER

said, that the sum had been inserted in the Estimates without the sanction of the Treasury, and refusal of payment had been made because the Treasury was not satisfied with all the particulars of the account.