asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the scales of remuneration for the various grades in the Royal Corps 'of Naval Constructors in 1938 and in 1949, prior to the introduction of the new scales; the scales now payable; and the scales recommended by the Eastham Committee.

—	1938	1949	At Present
Deputy Director of Naval Construction.	£1,700	£1,700	£2,000
Deputy Director of Dockyards	£1,500	£1,770	£2,000
Assistant Director of Naval Construction.	£1,400 (Two officers with allowance of £200 in addition).	£1,520 (Two officers with allowance of £200 in addition).	£1,600 × £50–£1,800
Manager, Constructive Department, H.M. Dockyard.	£1,405	£1,525	£1,600 × £50–£1,800
Chief Constructor	£1,055 x £30–£1,255	£1,160 x £30–£1,375	£1,320 x £50–£1,520
Senior Constructor (obsolescent grade).	£872 x £30–£1,039	£962 x £30–£1,144	£900 x £30–£1,100 x £35–£1,250
Constructor	£785 x £30–£952	£875 x £30–£1,056	£900 x £30–£1,100 × £35–£1,250
Assistant Constructor First Class.	£408 15 0 x £25–£680	£498 15 0 x £25–£770	£550 a year (linked to entry at age 26 with an addition of £25 for each year above that age, subject to a maximum starting rate of £650, or with subtraction of £25 for each year below 26) by increments of £25 to £800.
Assistant Constructor Second Class.	£350	£428

The 1938 and 1949 scales were undifferentiated, i.e., they applied to all locations, but the new scales above are expressed in London rates, and are subject to the system of provincial differentiation now generally applicable to the Civil Service. The new scales also entail the abolition of the former entitlements of certain grades to a house or an allowance of £105 a year in lieu, and a rent will now be charged for the occupation of an official residence. The entitled grades were dockyard managers, chief and senior constructors, and constructors; the 1938 and 1949 remuneration quoted for them includes the house allowance of £105 a year.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how

The Eastham Committee was set up to advise the Board of Admiralty and it is not, therefore, to be expected that any of its recommendations should be made public.The following table sets out the remuneration payable to members of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors in 1938; in 1949, immediately before the introduction of revised post-war conditions; and at present:many of the candidates accepted for the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors in the five years prior to the outbreak of the last war and in the five years ended 31st March, 1950, respectively, had first-class honours degrees; and how many had second-class honours degrees.

During 1935–39 inclusive there were three direct entrants from the universities into the Royal Corps with first-class honours degrees and one with a second class. The corresponding figures for 1945–49 inclusive are nine and six.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many members of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors have resigned since the end of the last war.

Fourteen, of whom four had been compulsorily directed into the Royal Corps during the war, and one had medical reasons for ending his service.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the President of the Somali Youth League, Mussa Bogor, and the Vice-President, Haji Dirie Herze, were waylaid and stabbed in the streets of Mogadishu by the adherents of Italy on 7th March; whether these men recovered or succumbed to their injuries; and whether any arrests were made by the British Administration.

Neither the President, nor the Vice-President of the Somali Youth League was involved in the incident to which my hon. Friend refers. Mussa Bogor and Haji Dirie Herze, who are both prominent in Somali politics and who were known to be members of the Somali Youth League, were attacked in the streets of Mogadishu on 6th March by tribesmen of the Hawiya group, which contains a number who support the return of Italian administration. I am glad to say they both quickly recovered from their injuries, which were of a minor nature. Eight persons were arrested, of whom one was convicted of assault.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many applications for permission to issue bonus shares have been received by the Capital Issues Committee since he lifted the ban on them last December; how many have been sanctioned; and how many refused.

The following is the information: Number of applications received 63, number allowed 27, number refused 28, under consideration 8.