HC Deb 16 March 1893 vol 10 c204
MR. A. C. MORTON

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the claims of Mr. Baird and others against Sir Baldwin Walker, senior officer of the Newfoundland Fishery Protection Service, have yet been settled; and, if not, why not?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, Poplar

Yes, Sir; they were settled and paid last December.

MR. A. C. MORTON

Have all the claims been settled which were practically governed by the case of "Baird v. Walker"?

MR. BUXTON

All the claims in Court were settled for a sum of 5,500 dollars.

MR. A. C. MORTON

Will the money appear in the Estimates?

MR. BUXTON

It has been paid out of the Newfoundland Estimate for 1892–93. The sum was provided last year.

MR. A. C. MORTON

I shall call attention to this matter on another occasion.