§ Mr. AMMONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether in 1914 the emoluments of a higher division civil servant of the rank of assistant-principal and with eight years' service in that rank were identical with those of a general staff officer, first grade, at the War Office and a junior naval captain holding an appointment such as that of assistant-director of naval equipment at the Admiralty; and by how much, respectively, the present remuneration of a general staff officer, first grade, at the War Office and a junior 517W naval captain at the Admiralty exceeds that of a civil servant of the rank of principal, being the nearest equivalent to the old style assistant-principal, at the top of his scale, inclusive of cost of living bonus at current rates?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second, the emoluments of a civil servant of the rank of principal at the maximum of his scale are £133 per annum less than, those of the unmarried general staff officer, first grade, employed at the War Office, £197 per annum less than those of the same officer, if married, and £267 per annum less than those of the junior naval captain employed at the Admiralty.