§ MR. FENWICK (Northumberland, Wansbeck)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is true that Mr. A. R. Sawyer, Assistant Inspector of Mines for the district of North Staffordshire, has resigned, or offered to resign, his appointment; if so, whether such resignation has been accepted by the Government; 1364 and whether he will state the alleged grounds for such resignation?
§ MR. MATTHEWSYes, Sir; Mr. Sawyer resigned in February last. The ground of his resignation was that he was suffering from an affliction of the eyes, which was aggravated by his occupation as an Inspector of Mines. He retired on medical certificate, and received a pension from the Treasury.