§ Mr. MIDDLEMOREasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what was the average vote per head for pay and allowances of the petty officers and men of the seaman class, Royal Navy, each year from 1909–10 to 1912–13, inclusive?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of ADMIRALTY (Dr. Macnamara)The amounts for pay and allowances of petty officers and men of the seaman class, taken in the Estimates for the years referred to, give the following averages per head: 1909–10, £38 17s. 7d.; 1910–11, £38 12s. 4d.; 1911–12, £38 7s. 1d.; 1912–13, £37 13s. 3d. I ought to add that the decrease in average rate, as shown by the Estimates, is mainly attributable to a closer approximation of estimate to pay and allowances actually drawn, and not to any decrease in actual receipts by petty officers and men.
§ Mr. MIDDLEMOREIs there no decrease whatever?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI cannot recall any within these years.