§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. W. Boyd, late of Belturbet, who died last June, leaving a widow and four children, and to whom a pension of £19 odd was awarded about the date of his decease; and whether, in view of the official statement that the pension rights of an established officer amounted frequently to as. much as 10 per cent. of the officer's wage, he will say what proportion of the pension rights will be received by the widow and: family of this particular officer?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELIn order to retain the higher rate of pension payable under earlier Superannuation Acts, Mr. Boyd declined to adopt the provisions of the Act of 1909, which is the only statute under which Grants can be made to the representatives of deceased Civil servants. Nothing is, therefore, due to his widow out of public funds.