§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether it is a fact that Barrack Sergeants of Marines have had their allowances reduced by the same amount as their pay has been increased; and, if so, why they alone of the non-commissioned Officers of Marines are not to be allowed increased advantages?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, it was considered by the Admiralty that the pay and allowances of barrack sergeants under the old scale were quite sufficient, which could not be said for the other non-commissioned officers of Marines. Consequently, when the recent increases were made, the combined pay and allowances of barrack sergeants were not raised.