§ £1;9,446, to complete the sum for Lunacy Commission, England.
§ £67, to complete the sum for the Mint, including Coinage.
§ £9,274, to complete the sum for National Debt Office.
§ * MR. WEIRcalled attention to the fact that the officials connected with this Department Were detained till five o'clock on Saturday afternoons, whereas those engaged in other Departments left at two o'clock.
§ MR. HANBURYsaid lie thought the honorable Member was mistaken in supposing that the other Departments always had a Saturday half-holiday. The Post Office was the only Department he knew of where there was a half-holiday every Saturday. The matter was a half-holiday every Saturday The matter was one which was, to a great extent, left to the discretion of the heads of Departments.
§ Resolution agreed to.
§ £14300, to complete the sum for Public Record Office.
§ £13,to complete the sum for Public Works Loan Commission.
§ £:26,884 to complete the, sum for Registrar-General; Office, England.
§ £36,393, to complete the for Works and Public Buldings Office.
1057§ Resolutions to be reported
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Motion made, and Question proposed—
That a sum not, exceeding, £13,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1900, for Her Majesty's Foreign and other Secret Services.
§ Motion, by leave, withdrawn.
1058§ Resolutions to be reported upon Thursday 1st June; Committee to sit again upon Wednesday,31st May.
§ Whereupon, in pursuance of the Order of the House this day, Mr. Speaker adjourned the House without Question put.
§ Adjourned at a quarter after Six of the clock till Wednesday, 31st May.