§ Mr. F. Holman and Mr. C. Walker, the two Principal Doorkeepers, retire (after an extension of service) on August 31 next.
§ Mr. Holman and Mr. Walker have been in the service of the House forty-four and a-half years and forty-three years respectively, and the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod testified to the valuable and efficient manner in which they have carried out their duties.
§ The Committee sanctioned the grant of a pension to each officer of £200 per annum as from the date of their retirement, such pensions being calculated on the usual scale.
§ The Committee, in view of the very special circumstances of these cases, granted in addition a gratuity of a year's salary to each of these officials.