§ Commander Maitlandasked the First Lord of the Admiralty why, when Lieut.-Commander K. W. Kirby, R.N., was a prisoner of war in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation his pay was not paid into his bank, whereby this officer was deprived of the interest which would have accrued on his pay.
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§ Mr. AlexanderThis officer had no allotment in force at the date of his cap ture and consequently his pay accumulated on the ledger. As it was impracticable for prisoners of war in the Far East to give instructions for the disposal of their accumulating balances of pay, the Government decided to transfer a sub stantial proportion of such accumulations to the Post Office Savings Bank, where the money earned 2½ per cent.