§ COLONEL MCCALMONT (Antrim, E.)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the discrepancy in the salaries of the clerical staff of the Commissioners of Irish Lights as compared with those of the Trinity House, the minimum of the salaries of first-class clerks in the Trinity House being £50 a year in excess of the maximum of the Irish, and the maximum is £200 in advance, while the annual increment of the Irish scale is only half that of the English, and even 33 per cent. less than that of the English second class; and, if so, whether he will take steps to make inquiries with the view of remedying this state of things.
(Answered by Mr. Bonar Law.) The Board of Trade are aware that the scales of salaries in the Trinity House and the Office of the Irish Lights Commissioners are not identical. Various applications from the Irish Lights Commissioners on behalf of the members of their staff are before the Department, and these will receive due consideration on their merits.