§ CAPTAIN NORTONI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can state what are the privileges and advantages to which the unskilled labourers employed at the Deptford Victualling Yard are entitled in addition to their weekly pay?
§ THE CIVIL LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,) Worcestershire, E.The chief advantages enjoyed by unskilled labourers at Deptford in addition to their pay are as follows:—(1) Half pay whilst absent on account of injuries received on duty. (2) Half pay when compulsorily absent on account of infectious disease in family—as well as half of any extra allowance they may be receiving at the time the disease breaks out. (3) Four days' leave with pay during the year. (4) Extra pay ranging from 6d. to 1s. per day when employed upon special duties. (5) Pensions or gratuities on the same terms and conditions as other workmen under the Admiralty.