§ SIR HENRY ROSCOE (Manchester, S.)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether, in carrying out the policy of the Admiralty, as recently announced in that of inquiring into the circumstances of the appointment of a chemist to the Navy, with a view of adjusting the salary to the requirements of the day, he will take care, in view of the importance of the post to the scientific development of the Service, that the Professorship is not degraded to a lectureship, and that the services of the best man available shall be secured?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)Until the Reports called for from the College at Greenwich have been before me I cannot undertake to say whether the gentleman selected to fill the office of chemist will he appointed as a Professor or a lecturer. My endeavour will be to make whatever arrangement is most conducive to the efficient performance of the duties that the position calls for.