§ MR. CALDWELL (Lanark, Mid)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that the salary for over seven months (8th February to 13th September, 1893) of Andrew D. Murray, an officer of Customs, has not yet been paid; whether he will now order payment; and whether, as this officer has now fully regained his health, he will order his re-instatement to suitable duty in the Customs, in accordance with the Treasury Minute of 27th August, 1889, which states that an officer may be recalled to duty on his health being restored?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTNo salary is due to Mr. Andrew D. Murray, formerly boatman in the Customs. He had been continuously absent from duty on account of illness since the 24th of September, 1892, and his pay ceased from the 8th of February, 1893. He was discharged from the Service with the gratuity for which his service qualified him on the ground that he was medically certified to be incapable of performing his duties. There is no intention to re-employ him.