§ 40. Mr. T. SMITHasked the Home Secretary whether the rates of pay of postmen and railway ticket-collectors have been taken as a standard for the rates of pay for the prison subordinate staff in the warder rank?
§ Sir J. GILMOURNo, Sir. The rates of pay of these and other occupations were referred to by the Stanhope Committee for purposes of comparison only. They were not taken as a standard for the pay of prison officers.