§ Major WHELERasked the Secretary for Mines what are the numbers of the personnel of the Mines Department and also any recent appointments to it, giving the salaries paid to the officials appointed?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAMEThe present number of the staff of the Mines Department is 418. But the organisation of the Department is not complete; the functions of the Home Office Mines Division have not yet been transferred. The chief appointments already made in the Department are those of the Permanent Under- 1925W Secretary for Mines and the Chief Labour Adviser at salaries of £1,800 and £l,500 per annum respectively (exclusive of bonus), and of the Financial Adviser (temporary) at a salary of £1,500 a year (inclusive of bonus).