§ SIR FREDERICK DIXON-HARTLANDI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, with reference to the recommendations contained in paragraphs 46 and 118 of the Second Report of the Royal Commission on Civil Establishments, what reduction has taken place in the First Division of the Admiralty since 1886, and how many staff appointments, such as accountantships, registrarships, and higher supervision posts, have been given under the above recommendations 486 to the Second Division in the Admiralty (excluding the new Naval Ordnance Store Department and Dockyards); and whether he will cause an inquiry to be held on the clerical staff of the Admiralty with a view to determining where these posts can now be created, and of formulating the normal establishment as recommended to be done by the Royal Commission?
THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Sir U. KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH,) Lancashire, ClitheroeTwenty-four Higher Division Clerkships have been reduced since 1886. Twenty staff appointments have been given to Second Division Clerks in the Admiralty Departments (excluding the Naval Ordnance Department). It is not proposed to hold any inquiry or to formulate a normal establishment until the Higher Division Staff is still further curtailed and the new Admiralty buildings are in a more advanced condition.