§ CAPTAIN PIMasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether the allowance as Auditor of Prize Accounts of £100 a-year to the Accountant General of the Navy is or is not included in the salary of Mr. R. G. C. Hamilton, the newly appointed Accountant General; what amount of prize money has been distributed within the official service of the last Accountant General, or whether the auditorship of prize accounts has become a sinecure; and, whether it is intended to abolish such office?
§ MR. W. H. SMITH, in reply, said, that the late Accountant General had received the allowance of £100 per annum as examiner of prize accounts and not as auditor, the accounts having been audited by the Controller and Auditor General since the retirement of Sir Richard Bromley in 1865. The allowance was not continued to the present Accountant General. The amount of prize-money distributed during Mr. Walker's tenure of office as Accountant General (financial years 1872–3 to 1877–8) was £84,632.