§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that the Admiralty ordered a pilot to be in attendance on the Immingham and Grimsby locks day and night from 22nd February, 1915, and 5th May, 1915, respectively, to the 20th January, 1919; that, in spite of several appeals, no payment was-made for the services rendered until 18th June, 1918, from which date £l 1s. per pilot per twenty-four hours was sanctioned by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty; and if he will consider the payment being made retrospective from the date of the orders, in view of the fact that the pilots on Admiralty duty have had to be recompensed by the other pilots out of their earnings made by piloting ships?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAOn a representation made by the Vice-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England on the 20th May, 1918, the Admiralty approved his suggestion that payment to these pilots should be made at the rate of £l 1s. per day, subject to deduction therefrom of any pilotage fees earned by them for other than naval work. It appears from the copy of a letter addressed by the Secretary of the Humber Conservancy Board to the King's Harbour Master, Immingham, on the 15th April, 1915, that the pilots had made a previous claim for remuneration in respect of the services in question, but this was not forwarded to the Admiralty. Further inquiry is being made.