They are not salaries, but honoraria; they are gratuities; they arepourboires—and pour very smallboiresat that!
The widow and children of an officer who dies of disease directly due to service are granted pensions, but not gratuities in addition.
I may add that during the ten years, 1902–3 to 1911–12, the sum of £169,864 was actually paid in gratuities.
The liability in respect of gratuities to hired workmen necessarily fluctuates from year to year according to the numbers of employés discharged.
Then as regards pay and allowances, and gratuities of officers regimentally messing.
They received war gratuities on exactly the same basis.
Is it not the case that these gratuities must be paid, not according to a scale, but according to the circumstances in each individual case?
In 651 of these cases pensions, and in 3,109 gratuities, have been awarded.
