§ MR. STAVELEY HILL (Staffordshire, Kingswinford)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what salary will be paid to the Superintending Inspector of Mines in South Wales, and upon what date the appointment was gazetted.
§ MR. GLADSTONEMr. Atkinson will continue to receive the salary which he had when inspector in charge of a district, that is, £900 a year; and, in addition, in consideration of the special nature of his new duties and also of his undertaking such editorial work as may be required in connection with the Annual General Report on Mines and Quarries, I have assigned to him a special allowance of £100 which was at my disposal. No Gazette notice of the appointment is required by the Act, but a special circular will be issued to all owners of mines and quarries in the Cardiff and Swansea districts, announcing the appointment.
§ LORD BALCARRESWhen will the right hon. Gentleman be able to make his promised statement as to the extension of the system?
§ MR. GLADSTONEThe matter is now being inquired into. I do not suppose the inquiry will take long.