§ MR. JOHN REDMONDasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whether it is not the practice to pay to widows of deceased pensioners of the Navy any arrears of pension due at the time of their deaths; whether one quarter's pension was due to Michael Sullivan, pensioner Royal Navy at the date of his death last September; and, for what reason the authorities refuse to pay it to his widow?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEYreplied, that Naval pensioners were paid quarterly in advance, and that no arrears were due as suggested in the Question.