§ Mr. ASHLEYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, in view of the fact that when troops are moved from England to India or to the Cape, the travelling expenses of officers' wives are paid by the Government, he will state whether, when the base of a fleet is shifted, the same allowance is made to the wives of naval officers?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe Regulations do not provide for the payment of any allowance to the wives of naval officers in the circumstances stated.
§ Mr. ASHLEYMay I inquire why the families of Naval officers are treated worse than the families of Army officers, and even Revenue officers, who get an allowance when moved from one station to another?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI will look into the matter.
§ Mr. G. N. BARNESMay I ask if provision is made for the wives of private soldiers?