§ MR. HANDEL COSSHAM (Bristol, E.)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether the Board of Inland Revenue, in a recent Circular to their collectors, have directed that the payment of 1s. per day to cover the cost of actual travelling expenses incurred in country stations, is not to be made to those Assistants of Excise who have elected to be paid the fixed salary of £95 per annum; whether, in some cases, the Board of Inland. Revenue have called upon Assistants of Excise to refund payments made them of the allowance of ls. per day since the 1st of September, 1887; whether such payments were made in accordance with the Regulations of the Department then in force; and, whether, if such sums were expended in the service of the Department, and did not form any part of income, the amounts so refunded will be repaid. the Assistants concerned?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)The cases referred to are those of certain Assistants of Excise who voluntarily accepted a fixed inclusive salary of £95 rather than the alternative of a smaller salary plus allowances for each day actively employed. The arrangement took effect from the 1st of September last; and the transactions to which the bon. Member refers are adjustments necessary to carry this into effect.