asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners received an application under the Evicted Tenants Act from John Beatty, son of Martin Beatty, deceased, an evicted tenant on the Llewellyn Sanderson estate, county Cavan, for a new holding; and has he been listed as a person suitable to have a new holding provided for him?

The Estates Commissioners received Beatty's application. They inform me that he is already in occupation of a holding of 85 acres in county Wexford and that they do not propose to provide him with a new holding.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether there is any prospect of a Labour Exchange bureau being opened in Shrewsbury in the near future?

The Board of Trade hope to open a Labour Exchange in Shrewsbury during the present year.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India why, if the importation of seditious literature into India is prohibited, European visitors are allowed to travel over India delivering speeches corresponding to this literature without let or hindrance?

The Secretary of State is not aware of the existence of the state of things described in the latter part of the question. The law as to sedition in India applies to all persons, whether Indians or Europeans, and the Secretary of State has no reason to suppose that the Governments in India apply different standards to Europeans and Indians.

asked the President of the Local Government Board what sums have been spent by the Godstone Rural District Council for legal expenses in each of the last ten years, distinguishing between sums which they have paid for their own costs and the sums which they have had to pay to other persons and bodies with whom they have been in unsuccessful litigation?

I am not in possession of information which would enable me to give the particulars desired. I may, however, point out that under Section 58 (5) of the Local Government Act, 1894, it is open to any parochial elector of a parish in a rural district to inspect and take extracts from the books and accounts of the rural district council.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the estimated quantity of malt used in distilleries in England, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively, during the periods 1st November, 1908, to 31st January, 1909, and 1st November, 1909, to 31st January, 1910?

I regret that this information is not available.

asked what were the estimated quantities and descriptions of materials used in distilleries in England, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively, during the year ended 30th September, 1909?

The estimated quantities and descriptions of materials used in distilleries in England, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively, during the year ended 30th September, 1909, were:—

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received information that, in consequence of the numerous complaints against the existing water supply of the town of Cairo, it is proposed to instal a new system whereby the water will be drawn direct from the River Nile, and not from the tubular system hitherto in force; and whether, for reasons of economy, it is now proposed to instal this new system at Rod el Farag, down-stream of the town of Cairo?

I have no recent information on the subject, but will make inquiry.

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is able to give the number of foreign agents who have been purchasing Army horses in England and Ireland for their respective Governments during the past twelve months; whether he can give the number of horses thus purchased and exported, and the average price per horse; and whether he will state the average price per horse paid by the buyers for the British Remount Department?

The reply to the first and second parts of the question is in the negative. As regards the last part of the question, the average price per horse paid by the purchasers of the Remount Department during the financial year 1908–9 was £44 18s. No complete statistics are available for a later period.