§ 38. £231,454, to complete the sum for Superannuations and Retired Allowances, agreed to.
§ 39. £4,300, to complete the sum for Merchant Seamen's Fund Pensions, agreed to.
§ 40. £21,713, to complete the sum for Savings Banks and Friendly Societies Deficiency.
§ MR. BARTLEYsaid, that one of the results of scamping Supply in this way was that questions of this kind could not be gone into. He would ask whether the increase in the Vote was owing to the rise in the price of Consols, and consequently the smaller margin in which to work these institutions?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTYes, that is the cause of the increase.
§ Vote agreed to.
§ £41. £1,125, to complete the sum for Miscellaneous Charitable and other Allowances, Great Britain, agreed to.