§ Mr. WILKIEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that the death on 5th January last of Mr. T. Bearon, who was employed as a painter in the Chatham Dockyard, was attributed by his doctor to Bright's disease and kidney trouble brought on by lead poisoning; and whether he will give consideration to the matter with a view to compensation being paid to the widow?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe case of the late John Thomas Beavon, hired skilled labourer, Chatham Dockyard, to which the question is presumed to relate, is under consideration, and is about to be forwarded to the Treasury, with which Department rests the decision on claims for compensation in such circumstances.