§ SIR JOHN COLOMB (Great Yarmouth)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether any special expenditure has been sanctioned for the employment of naval officers to observe and report upon operations of war in the Far East, and, if so, what is the amount; whether the special expenditure of £7,424 per annum for this purpose is for military officers only; what is the number of military officers, and what is the aggregate amount of pay and allowances sanctioned for the senior military officer so employed.
(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) The Answer to the first part of the Question is in the negative, and to the second in the affirmative. The number of military officers is eleven, and the aggregate amount of pay and allowances sanctioned for the senior military officer is £3,249 15s. per annum.