§ MR. P. A. TAYLORasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether pensions granted to officers out of the Greenwich Hospital Fund since 1865 were at any time made contingent on their residing within the United Kingdom as in the case of the men?
§ MR. W. H. SMITH,in reply, said, prior to 1865 there were in existence certain pensions for officers called "Out Pensions of Greenwich Hospital," paid out of naval funds. In 1865 the name of these was changed to "Naval" Pensions, and, at the same time, their number was increased by other pensions, called "Greenwich Hospital" Pensions, being established, payable out of Greenwich Funds. Both sets of pensions were under the same regulations — the difference between them being only that one set was chargeable to Naval and the other set to Greenwich Funds. As there never was any restriction as to naval pensions being only enjoyable within the United Kingdom, no such restriction was imposed in the case of the additional pensions established in 1865. The case of the men was altogether different, and the age pensions given to them had no reference whatever to the regulations under which they might draw their naval pensions.