§ Mr. CHARLES DUNCANasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will state the approximate number of persons in the employ of his Department to whom Section 4 of the Superannuation Act of 1887 is applicable; what percentage of this number per annum it is estimated will die while in the Service; and what would be the average annual cost of granting to the dependents of persons so dying a gratuity 1022W on the scale provided by the Section of the Act referred to for persons retiring on a medical certificate of infirmity?
Mr. LAMBERTThe number of such persons is approximately 55,500; the estimated annual percentage of deaths is.45, and the annual cost of granting gratuities to the dependents would be about;i2,500.