§ MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will grant a statement showing the annual leave, the rates of travelling, subsistence, and other allowances, if any, in London, at Home, and Abroad, permitted to each rank in the clerical staffs of the supply and accounting departments of the Admiralty.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson). The information desired is given in the attached statements:—
| Statement showing the Rates of House and Colonial Allowance authorised for Officers of the Supply and Accounting Departments. | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank. | Head Office: | Home Yards. | Malta. | Bermuda. | Hong Kong. | Cape. | Gibraltar. | Sydney. | Wei-hai-Wei. | |||||||
| House Allowance. | House. | Colonial | House. | Colonial. | House. | Colonial | House. | Colonial. | House. | Colonial. | House. | Colonial. | House. | Colonial. | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | $ | $ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | $ | $ | |||
| Naval Store officer | 75 | 75 | * | † | — | — | 1066⅔§ | 1066⅔§ | — | — | 75¶ | 65 | 180 | 120 | — | — |
| Victualling store officer | 75 | * | * | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 180 | 120 | — | — |
| Ordnance store officer | 75 | * | 75 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deputies of all departments | — | ‡ | 50 | 50 | * | 75 | 900§ | 800§ | * | 100|| | 50¶ | 50 | — | — | — | — |
| Assistants of all departments** | — | — | 40 | 40 | * | 60 | 800§ | 533⅓ § | * | 75|| | 50¶ | 40 | 100 | 75 | 400 | 550 |
| * In occupation of official residence. | ||||||||||||||||
| † No Colonial allowance paid. | ||||||||||||||||
| ‡ In certain cases officers of this grade are allowed to occupy official residences. | ||||||||||||||||
| § Temporarily increased by 75 per cent. | ||||||||||||||||
| || Temporarily increased by 100 per cent. | ||||||||||||||||
| ¶ Temporarily increased by 150 per cent. | ||||||||||||||||
| ** Two officers of this grade receive £50 each for being in charge of their departments. |
| Statement showing the Rates of Travelling and Subsistence Allowance authorised for Officers of the Supply and Accounting Departments. | ||||||||
| Rank. | Class of railway or steamer accommodation. | Subsistence allowance when detached from usual place of duty. | Lodging money to Officers entitled to official residences, when obliged to vacate them temporarily during periodical repairs, &c. | |||||
| First | Admiralty Staff. | |||||||
| Superintending clerk | When absent at night exceeding 14 nights in one place. | After 14 nights in one place, or for the whole period if the officer Knew before starting that his stay in one place must exceed 14 nights. | When absent above 10 hours from home and place of business. | When absent above 7 hours and less than 10 from home and not at usual place of business. | ||||
| Naval store officer | ||||||||
| Victualling store officer | ||||||||
| Cashier | Officers whose scale of salary goes to £600 a year | 20s. | 15s. | 6s. | 8d. | 3s. | 6d. | Officers serving at dockyards, &c. |
| Expense accounts officer | ||||||||
| Deputy store, &c. officers | All other officers | 15s. | 10s. | 5s. | 0d. | 3s. | 6d. | Officers on salaries above £300 a year—£2 2s. a week. |
| Deputy Cashier | Staff of Naval Establishments at Home and Abroad. | All other officers—£1 1s. a week. | ||||||
| Deputy expense accounts officer | When out all night ashore or afloat. | After 14 days' stay in one place. | Day allowance afloat or ashore when absent 10 hours. | |||||
| Assistant store, &c., officers | ||||||||
| Assistant Cashier | Officers whose scale of salary covers £600 a year | 20s. | 13s. | 4d. | 6s. | 8d. | ||
| Assistant expense accounts officer | All other officers | 15s. | 10s. | 0d. | 5s. | 0d. |