§ MR. SEELYasked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether a Committee has been appointed, or is about to be appointed, for the purpose of inquiring into and re-organizing the War and Admiralty Offices; and, if so, whether, as regards the Admiralty, the inquiry will embrace the "Naval" as well as the other departments?
§ MR. W. H. SMITH,in reply, said, a Committee had been appointed with the view of framing a scheme for the reorganization of the War Department, so far as it might be possible to adapt the recommendations of the Report of the Committee to the administration of the War Department and conduce to the efficiency of the public service. A Committee was also about to be appointed to inquire into the constitution of some of the branches of the Admiralty. The "Naval" department of the Admiralty referred to by the hon. Member had already been inquired into and the salaries there re-adjusted, and this department would not, therefore, form the subject of further inquiry.