§ 1. £273,781, to complete the sum for Superannuation and Retired Allowances. —Agreed to.
§ 2. £2,350, to complete the sum for Merchant Seamen's Fund Pensions.—Agreed to.
§ 3. £813, to complete the sum for Miscellaneous Charitable and other Allowances, Great Britain.
§ *SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucester, Forest of Dean)asked the Secretary to the Treasury if he could give the Committee any explanation of Item A, which referred to foreign refugees.
§ *THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. R. W. HANBURY,) Prestonsaid there was only one Spanish refugee left—[laughter]— and special care had been taken to Lind Hut what he was actually about. When he came into office he had special inquiry made at once With regard to all these persons, and there was no doubt that at that time they were all in existence.
Vote agreed to.