§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether it has been brought to his notice that the first and second class store-housemen of the Naval Store Department receive considerably lower wages than those employed in the Naval Ordnance Department, although the former deal with stores of greater value and with far larger stocks; and whether he will give this matter his attention with a view to greater uniformity of treatment as regards these two classes of employees.
(Answer.) The staff of the Naval Ordnance Department does not include any such grades as first and second class storehousemen. The hon. Member is probably referring to his Question to the Naval Ordnance storeholders, first and second class, who correspond approximately, as regards duties and pay, to the foremen of storehousemen in the Naval Store Department. It is quite a mistake to compare them with the ordinary storehousemen.—(Admiralty)