§ Mr. WILLIAM THORNEasked the Secretary of State for War whether Messrs. Baxter and Thrippleton, dyers and finishers, of St. Ann's Mills, Kirk-stall, Leeds, are contractors to the Department; if he is aware that this firm are paying a less rate of wages than that prevailing at other firms, in accordance with the agreement entered into by the workmen's associations; and if he will intimate to the firm that the rate current in the district must be adhered to?
§ Colonel SEELYThis firm is not upon the War Office list of contractors.