asked the Minister of Food how many persons are employed in the Potato and Carrot Division of the Ministry indicating the number and total salary cost of ninety-two areas and provincial divisions, respectively.

The number of persons employed in the Potato and Carrot Division of the Ministry is 1,733, of whom 168 are engaged on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries on the payment of acreage subsidies to growers of potatoes, wheat and rye. The number of persons employed in the divisional and area are, or will be, available for home consumption.

The following table shows how 1947 supplies of herrings have been marketed up to 30th October:organisation of Potato and Carrot Division is 80 in divisional offices and 696 in area offices, at an annual salary cost of £27,000 and £198,000 respectively. The divisional and area organisation also includes 285 industrial employees engaged on handling potato sacks in the Ministry's sack depots, at an annual salary cost of £55,000.