§ SIR HENRY TYLER (Great Yarmouth)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether Colour Sergeant William Tucker, late Royal Engineers, 602 and Colour Sergeant James Howe, of the Scotch Fusilier Guards, having served 26 years in the Seamen's Registry Office of the Board of Trade, have now received notice to retire in consequence of age, the former being 70 and the other about 68 years of age, without any pension being awarded to them, and with a compassionate allowance of only £48 15s. 0d., payable in one sum to each of them; and, whether, under the circumstances, they are entitled to a moderate pension on retirement?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)The gratuities awarded are all that the Treasury has power to award under the Superannuation Acts; and a promise has been made to Parliament that extra-statutory awards shall be discontinued. Both the men referred to have pensions of £36 10s. per annum for Army service.