§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork CO., E.)To ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the War Office will favourably consider the case of the labourers in the Ordnance Department at Haulbowline, with a view to granting them the same rate of wage as paid by the Admiralty to the labourers on the naval side of the Island.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Lord STANLEY,) Lancashire, WesthoughtonThese men received an increase of one shilling a week 942 on the 1st April, 1901. I cannot consent to raise their wages any further without a very thorough consideration of the whole question.