§ 27. Sir THOMAS BRAMSDONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, inasmuch as the question of increases in the pay of schoolmasters of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines has been under consideration for a very long time, if he is now in a position to state that the Treasury has approved of these increases being ante-dated to 1st February, 1719 1919, as was the case with all other officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines?
§ Sir J. CRAIGYes, Sir; these increases will be ante-dated as from 1st February, 1919.