§ CAPTAIN NORTONTo ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if he can state the number of men at present employed as storehouse labourers in his 1331 Majesty's Dockyard, Chatham, at a weekly rate of wages of 19s.; also the number of temporary or ordinary labourers emyloyed at the same rate. Whether the duties performed by both classes are identical; and whether there is any objection to placing the permanent men upon the establishment for pension.
(Answer.) There are no men employed as storehouse labourers in His Majesty's Dockyard, Chatham, at a weekly rate of wages of 19s. The pay of this class is from 20s. to 22s. 6d. per week, and there are thirty-eight employed. The number of ordinary labourers employed in the Store Department is six established, entitled to pension, at 19s. per week, and about 250 hired, not entitled to pension, at 20s. per week. There is no intention of placing the ordinary labourers on the establishment for pension.—(Admiralty.)