§ Mr. EDWARD STRAUSSasked the Secretary to the Treasury the number of non-pensioner watchers at present employed in the Department of His Majesty's Customs and Excise; and what is the estimated cost of granting these men a pension when they reach the age of sixty-five years, based on the Superannuation Act of 1859?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe number is 114 and the estimated total cost under the provisions of the Superannuation Act, 1909 (which have now superseded those of the Superannuation Act, 1859), would be about £25,000.