§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury what 350 decision has been come to in reference to the inquiry into the grievances of the Customs boatmen, undertaken as long ago as last May, by his predecessor in office.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINIt has been decided that boatmen employed at distant stations in London between midnight and 5 a.m. should be paid an allowance of 9d. a night for the combined charges of travelling and subsistence, and also that serge jackets shall be supplied to the officers at any port at which they may be considered necessary by the Board of Customs.