§ MR. STAVELEY-HILL (Staffordshire, Kingwinsford)I beg to ask the Presi-
†See (4) Debates, clxiv., 1493–4.1276 dent of the Board of Trade whether the Commissioners of railways and canals are paid at the rate of £100 for each day on which they sit; and whether he will state on how many days they sit in the course of a year.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEEach of the two appointed Railway and Canal Commissioners receive a fixed salary of £3,000 a year. The average number of days in the year on which the Court of the Railway and Canal Commission has held public sittings has been about thirty-two. The Commissioners also hold private sittings, of which there is no record. I may also refer the hon. Member to the Answer given by my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 28th ultimo, to the effect that the newly-appointed Commissioner is to give his whole time to the public service, and will be available for public work generally in addition to his ordinary duties as a member of the Commission.