§ 63. Major COPEasked if, in view of the fact that the Government has the use of large sums of money owing to the delay in the payment of war gratuities, he will advise that these gratuities should be paid with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. from the date the receipt of the clearance certificate is acknowledged by the War Office to the date the gratuity is actually paid; and, if not, will he state his reasons for coming to this decision?
§ Mr. FORSTERAs already announced, all war gratuities are now about to be paid, and special steps have been taken to secure that there is no avoidable delay. In the circumstances, it is not considered necessary to introduce any system of paying interest for the time occupied by the Agents in making payment, as the complications so caused would themselves retard the payments.