§ 8. Lieutenant-Colonel SPENDER CLAYasked the Secretary of State for War whether the port of Richborough, in Kent, is now operated by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Company on a costings basis; what control is exercised on, the expenditure; whether the employés are paid on a weekly wage or by time; and what are the average weekly wages of unskilled labourers in each case?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Forster)The port of Richborough is now operated by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Company's Managing Committee on the basis of cost, subject to War Office instructions and audit. Employés are paid on a weekly wage at the local trade union rates. The average weekly wage of unskilled labourers is £2 19s. 1d.