§ Captain BARINGasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the officers and men employed in boat service in suppression of the arms traffic in the Persian Gulf are in receipt of hard-lying money; and, if not, whether he can see his way to granting them allowances equal at least to those granted to officers employed in torpedo boats?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAOfficers and men employed in detached boats engaged in the Persian Gulf in the suppression of the arms traffic are in receipt of hard-lying money at the rates issued to the crews of torpedo boats. In the armed launches hired by the Government of India half these rates are being paid on the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station, as the condition of service in these vessels are considered to approximate to those obtaining in torpedo-boat destroyers, in which, under the regulations, half rates only are payable.