§ Colonel Lord HENRY CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the President of the Board of Trade why no minimum has been fixed for the payment of war bonus to the departmental managers and clerical staff employed by the controlled canal companies; why these officials receive considerably less than the 21s. a week minimum war bonus paid to railway officials in similar grades; and whether he will instruct the controlled canal companies to exhibit in a prominent place details of war bonuses due, so that their employés may know to what they are entitled?
Sir A. STANLEYNo minimum war bonus has been fixed for the managerial and clerical staff employed on controlled canals, and the amount of the bonus, if any, is a matter for arrangement between. 669W the staff and the authority owning the particular canal. It is not considered necessary to exhibit details of the war bonus payable on the controlled canals.