§ MR WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if he will state the highest and lowest remuneration to he paid to Army doctors engaged in the war in South Africa, out of the £15,000 provided in the Supplementary Estimates for pay of Army Medical Service, and the highest and lowest remuneration to he paid to civilian medical practitioners engaged in the war in South Africa, out of the £50,000 provided in the Supplementary Estimates for pay of civilian medical practitioners; and will he also state how many civilian medical practitioners offered their services gratuitously; and, if so, were any accepted.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe highest rate of pay and allowances drawn by officers of the Army Medical Staff' in. South Africa is £1,752 per annum, and the lowest rate £336 17s. 6d. The remuneration of all civil medical practitioners in South Africa, except consulting surgeons, is £428 17s. 6d. a year; consulting surgeons are paid at the rate of £5,000 a year. Considerably over 3,000 applications have been received from doctors for employment in South Africa, but no record has been kept to show how many offered their services gratuitously. The gratuitous services of Sir Thomas Fitzgerald and of the late Dr. Grigg were offered and accepted.