§ 18. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyesasked the First Lord of the Admiralty 360 the amount of the weekly pay of Admiralty appointed laboratory assistants, employed in the mines design department of His Majesty's Ship "Vernon," and that of unskilled labourers in the same department?
Mr. CooperThe pay of the laboratory assistants ranges from 4os. a week at the age of 19 to 7os., rising exceptionally to 85s., a deduction of 2s. 6d. per week being made for each year below the age of 19 on entry. The pay of the unskilled labourers is 53s. a week, which includes the industrial bonus of 20S.