§ CAPTAIN CRAIG (Down, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the life pension of £12 per annum, granted from the 9th of July, 1902, to Petty Officer, Second Class, W. Stewart, No. 15,898, of Strangford, county Down, has been cancelled; and, if so, for what reason; and will he reconsider the case of this seaman who, after a naval service including reserve extending over a period of nearly 34 years, is now aged, infirm, and absolutely without other means of subsistence.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe pension granted to W. Stewart was not awarded to him as a "life pension." His age is 54, and in ordinary circumstances he would not have become entitled to any pension at all before reaching the age of 60. As it was certified in 1902, however, that he was incapacitated from contributing to his own support, the regulations enabled a temporary pension to be granted to him. His condition has now improved, and under the 1351 regulations applicable to his case, it was necessary to discontinue payment of the pension.