§ MR. COBB (Warwick, S.E., Rugby)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he would state to the House what are the respective annual emoluments received by Sir Edmund Du Cane as a Prison Commissioner, as Surveyor General of Prisons, and as Chairman of Directors of Convict Prisons; and whether any payments or gratuities, in addition to such emoluments, have been made to Sir Edmund Du Cane out of public funds during the last ten years; and, if so, how much?
§ MR. MATTHEWSSir Edmund Du Cane receives £2,000 a year as Chairman of the Prison Commissioners, and as Chairman of Directors of Convict Prisons; he receives no salary as Surveyor General. In 1880 he received a gratuity of £1,000 in recognition of his services in bringing into operation the Prisons Act of 1887, which transferred to the Government the administration of the local prisons; and last year he again received a gratuity of £1,000 in consideration of his exceptional services in the designing, erection, and superintendence of prison buildings on a large scale, whereby a very considerable saving of public expenditure was effected.