§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieuten- 1388 ant of Ireland when the labourers, gardeners, and general staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, may expect to get the small increase of salary which they recently applied for; and when they may expect to get off on Saturdays at one o'clock, the same as at the Royal Gardens, Kew, and other places.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The scale of remuneration of the general staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, has recently been revised, and increases of pay have been sanctioned in certain cases. The new arrangements will take effect as from the first instant, but increments on the new scales will not be allowable until the expiration of one year from that date. It has also been arranged to grant a Saturday half-holiday to such of the staff as can be spared without inconvenience.