MR. H. T. KNATCHBULL HUGESSEN (Kent, Faversham)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether it is the intention of the Admiralty that the holiday for Her Majesty's Birthday is to be kept on Friday 24th May in the Dockyards, and in London on Saturday the 25th; and whether, as this will compel the men to lose Saturday, the rule being to close the Yards following a holiday on a Friday, the authorities will have the holiday on Saturday, and thus enable the men to work on Friday?
§ THE CIVIL LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. EDMUND ROBERTSON, Dundee)The Admiralty being desirous that the Dockyard employes should have a whole holiday on the occasion of Her Majesty's Birthday, and that they should suffer no loss of wages in connection therewith, have decided that the Yards shall be closed from midday on Friday the 24th until Monday morning the 27th.