§ SIR JOSEPH PEASE (Durham, Barnard Castle)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will grant to the "principal" warders and "chief" warders of Her Majesty's convict prisons the same relative advantages in regard to an increase of salary and pension on retirement which have been recently accorded to the subordinate prison officers, including clerks and schoolmasters?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. MATTHEWS,) Birmingham, E.The chief warders and principal warders of Her Majesty's convict prisons have just received an addition to their maximum pay. The advantages given to assistant warders, clerks, and schoolmasters on account of delay in promotion are, from the circumstances of the case, not applicable to those who have already reached the rank of chief or principal warder.