§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that second mates, permanent cruiser service, receive less pay than the chief and petty officers of their ship, owing to the fact the latter get marriage allowance and the second mates do not; and whether, in view of these anomalous conditions, he can grant marriage allowance to these men or reconsider the pay of the second mates in question?
Mr. DAVIDSONI regret that the total emoluments received by chief petty officers and petty officers of other branches cannot be accepted as an argument for increasing the rates of pay of these officers. The answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.