§ Mr. FOOTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of pensioner clerks appointed to established posts in each of the home dockyards since 1st January, 1922; and if he will give in each case the date of appointment to the established post and the date of entry as temporary or hired pensioner clerk?
§ Mr. AMMONTwelve pensioner clerks have been appointed to established posts in the home dockyards, and one in a naval hospital, since the 1st January, 1922, the particulars being as follows:
appointed to an established post on the 20th October, 1923. His establishment is now being antedated to the 1st March, 237W 1918. It is under consideration to adopt the same course in the case of Mr. A. W. Watts, of Portland, who entered the service on the 1st July, 1912, and received an established appointment on the 30th September, 1920.