§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, in connection with his recent decision to grant to the constables of the Metropolitan Police Force a money allowance instead of contract boots, he will consider the advisability of a half-yearly rather than a weekly payment, as the proposed arrangement, necessitating the putting aside of money every week, would press severely upon constables with families who are obliged to pay high London rents?
§ SIR MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEYThe question of the manner in which the allowance should be paid was carefully considered; but, I am informed, the objections to any other than a weekly payment were found to be insuperable.