§ Considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the payments, out of Funds in the hânds of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, of gratuities to Clerks in the Departments of the Admiralty and of the Secretary of State for War, on their retirement or removal from office; such sums to be repaid to the National Debt Commissioners either by way of terminable annuities out of moneys provided by Parliament, or by issue out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom or the growing produce thereof.
§ Resolution to be reported To-morrow, at Two of the clock.
§ House adjourned at Two o'clock.