§ VISCOUNT CRANBORNE (Rochester)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the case of Lieutenant Colonel Plummer, the Governor of Borstal Convict Prison, whose emoluments were reduced by the Treasury by £50, under Section 6 of the Superannuation Act of 1887, upon his acceptance of his present appointment; and whether, in view of the fact that this gentleman has been 40 years in Her Majesty's service, and the unexpected nature of the diminution of the reward upon which he counted, this decision will be re-considered?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. ASQUITH,) Fife, E.The difference in Colonel Plummer's emoluments occasioned by his appointment to Borstal is a very disputable matter; but if he suffered any loss the first year, it will be made up by the succeeding year's increments. The Treasury, thinking that the first year he would lose £7 4s. by the appointment, made him a special allowance 158 of £9 in respect thereof. I am afraid I cannot re-open the matter.