§ (In the Committee.)
§ (1.) £891,615, Half-Pay, Reserved Half-Pay, and Retired Pay to Officers of the Navy and Marines.
§ MR. BIGGARasked, whether it was not the fact that a sum on account of this Vote had not been taken before?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHreplied, that no sums on account had been taken on the Navy Estimates, and this money was required for the half-pay and pensions which became payable on the 30th June.
§ Vote agreed to.
§ (2.) £803,920, Military Pensions and Allowances.
§ MR. CHILDERSsaid, last Session, and again this, he had called attention to the large increase in the amount of pensions. He wished to ask whether the arrangements the right hon. Gentleman had contemplated were likely soon to come into force, and whether he expected this increase would last much longer?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHreplied, that he hoped the increase would speedily be put an end to. He was glad to say that he had now ascertained that every pensioner who was entitled to draw a pension was liable to be called into active service, if circumstances required it; and, therefore, they had in these pensioners a Reserve Force.
§ Vote agreed to.
§ (3.) £301,211, Civil Pensions and Allowances.
§ House resumed.
§ Resolutions to be reported upon Monday next.