§ MR. ATHERLEY-JONES (Durham, N. W.)I wish to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if any extra remuneration has been granted to the officials of the Mint in respect of the extra work and longer hours imposed 524 upon them by the large silver coinage of the year 1889; if not, whether he will take into consideration their claim to further remuneration?
§ MR. GOSCHENAt the end of March, 1889, a gratuity equal to two months' pay was awarded by the Treasury to all persons except the staff officers employed in the Mint at fixed salaries or wages, the work of the Department having been excessive from the early part of 1887 to the end of February, 1889. Since then the matter has not been brought again before me, and I may say, in all courtesy, that I think it more expedient that the Deputy Master of the Mint should bring the question before the Treasury rather than that it should reach us through a political channel.