§ MR. DALRYMPLEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether he is aware that on the occasion of H. M. S. "Nelson" being towed from the building yard in the Clyde to Greenock, an operation which took a considerable time and was attended with great risk and difficulty, the pilot in charge received the minimum payment possible for such a duty, and not more than would be received for towing an ordinary merchant vessel, and whether a request for a more liberal remuneration had been refused?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHSir, my hon. Friend has been misinformed in this case. The pilot who took charge of the Nelson from Glasgow to Greenock was paid £4 5s. 6d. for his services, which was the full amount payable under the local and Admiralty Regulations. For a merchant ship of the same draught he would have received but £2 12s. 10d. for pilotage. No request for further remuneration has been received for piloting the Nelson.