§ MR. MELLORmoved for Returns of all persons in this country and our possessions abroad in receipt of less, and of persons in receipt of more, than £150 in salary, pension, or other emoluments.
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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That there be laid before this House Returns of all Persons in England, Scotland, Ireland, the Channel Islands, Colonies, and British Possessions abroad, receiving Salaries, Pensions, Pay, Profits, Fees, Emoluments, Allowances, or Grants of Public Money in the year ending the 31st day of March 1874, to the amount of £150 and upwards:
And, of the total number of Persons in each Department in receipt of less than £150, with the aggregate amount paid to them, the form and particulars to be in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 100, of Session 1862, with the additions specified as to the number of persons in receipt of less than £150 per annum."—(Mr. Mellor.)
§ MR. W. H. SMITH, on behalf of the Government, said, he could not consent to incurring expense for such Returns.
§ Question put.
§ The House divided:—Ayes 14; Noes 68: Majority 54.