§ 36. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many discharges have taken place in Devonport Dockyard on the responsibility of the dockyard authorities since the issue of the order in December last giving them powers to discharge workmen without consulting the Admiralty; and the total number of discharges from Devonport Dockyard since the issue of this order?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMThe numbers are 122 and 252 respectively; 151 more have been discharged on account of age, invalidity, death or at their own request.