asked the Secretary to the Treasury the name of the firm or firms who are printing the cards and books and other printed matter now being issued in connection with the National Insurance Act?

The following list of firms are engaged in printing matter in connection with the National Insurance Act, 1911:—In England.—Allen and Sons, Limited; Avenue Press, Limited; Barclay and Fry, Limited; Charles and Dible; Clay and Sons, Limited; Dangerfield Printing Company, Limited; Darling and Son, Limited; Griffith and Sons, Limited; Harrison and Sons; Hazell, Watson and Viney, Limited.; Heywood, J., Limited; Keliher, J. J., and Co., Limited; McNaughtan and Sinclair, Limited; McCorquodale and Co., Limited; Merritt and Hatcher, Limited; Metcalfe and Cooper, Limited; North of England Newspaper Company, Limited; Odhams, Limited; Potter, F. W., and Co. Limited; Smith's Printing Company, Limited; Speaight, W., and Sons, Limited; Straker, C, and Sons, Limited; St. Clement's Press, Limited; Taylor, Garnett, Evans and Co., Limited; Truscott, J., and Son, Limited; Unwin Brothers, Limited; Walter, A. and E., Limited; Waterlow and Sons, Limited; Willmott and Sons, Limited; Wyman and Sons, Limited.In Wales.—Tudor Printing Works.In Scotland.—Allan, T.; Aird and Coghill; Ballantyne, Hanson, and Co.; Campbell, D., and Sons; Glasgow Numerical Printing Company; McCorquodale and Co.; Morrison and Gibb, Limited; Murray, F. and E.; Neill and Co., Limited; Paton, H., and Sons; Skinner, J., and Co.In Ireland.—Browne and Nolan, Limited; Cahill and Co., Limited; Dollard Printing House, Limited; Falconer, J.; Thom, A., and Co., Limited.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many positions have been set up and officers appointed in Ireland under Part II. of the National Insurance Act; the nature of the appointments, rank, and sex of the officers who have been selected; how many have been allocated to existing Civil servants, and the departments to which they have been previously attached; in the case of non-Civil servants, what their previous occupation was, and whether they are whole or part-time officers and the salaries fixed for their offices; and whether all necessary appointments in Ireland have been now made under this Part of the Act?

I am sending my hon. Friend a list of officers, giving the information which he desires.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the position under the National Insurance Act of the management of a charitable school for children physically defective which, not being under the Crown or a public authority, by current contracts with the masters and employés at such school and as part of their remuneration under such contracts agrees to provide medical attendance in case of sickness without deduction from salaries or wages, and to pay benefits at least equal to those provided by the National Insurance Act; whether the employers and employed are bound by the provisions of the Act or whether they can obtain exemption therefrom; and whether he will take steps to make exemption in such a case obtainable?

There is no provision in the Act under which the managers of a charitable institution, not being a local or other public authority within the meaning of Schedule I., Part II. (b) can claim exemption from compulsory insurance in respect of the staff of the institution.

asked whether the National Insurance Commissioners are compelling all societies seeking to become approved, besides the Glebe Tontine Society and other societies affiliated to the South-West Lancashire Association of Dividing Societies, to adopt rules providing that a decision to reject a candidate for admission must be posted to the candidate and that every member must be supplied with a copy of the society's balance sheet whether application has been made for it or not; and will he state on what ground the expense of carrying out such rules is imposed upon approved societies?

The rules in question are not required by the Commissioners as a condition of approval. The model rules issued by the Commission make it clear that societies need not insert a rule requiring a full balance sheet to be sent to members who do not ask for it. Some provision as to the procedure when an applicant for membership is rejected is necessary. A rule as to giving notice to the applicant has been offered as a suggestion to all societies whose rules have recently been under examination and did not make any provision on the subject. The Commissioners are prepared to con- sider suggested alternative rules, but so far as they are aware no objection appears to have been offered by the societies to the rule referred to.

asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can take steps to make it possible for working men who represent insured persons on insurance committees to attend the meetings of such committees without loss of time during working hours; and whether he is aware that in some cases meetings of these committees have been summoned at an hour during the morning at which working men are not free?

asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the provisional insurance committee for Cambridge has decided to hold its meetings on Thursdays at 2.30 in the afternoon; and whether, in view of the fact that working-class members of these committees cannot attend meetings held in the day time, some recommendation can be made to the committees to hold their meetings at a time when all the members can be present?

The regulations made by the Commissioners as to the proceedings of insurance committees empower the committees to fix their own time of meeting, and I should assume that they would accordingly fix a time which would be most convenient to the majority of the members. The representatives of insured persons have three-fifths of the total membership of each committee, and accordingly have full power to arrange that the time chosen shall be a time convenient to members of the working classes.

asked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that Mr. John Murray, recently appointed as teacher in the Blarney national school, of which Canon Higgins, P.P., is manager, lodges in the licensed premises of a Mrs. Smith; and whether it is in accordance with the regulations of the Commissioners of National Education that a teacher should take up his residence, even temporarily, in a public-house?

The Commissioners of National Education inform me that nothing is known officially as to Mr. Murray's residence in a public-house, but inquiry is being made.

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether his attention has been called to the fact that, according to the Scotish Fishery Board's Report for 1911, there were forty-five prosecutions of British trawlers in which convictions were obtained, that sixteen of the detections were made by fishermen or private individuals; and whether, in view of the failure on the part of the "Helga" and other Government boats to detect cases of illegal trawling off the coast of Kerry, to which his attention has been called, can he state what steps, if any, he proposes to take in order to put down these illegal practices?

The seas off the coast of the county Kerry will receive the amount of supervision which is possible, having regard to the means at the disposal of the Department and the claims of other portions of the Irish coast. As already indicated to the hon. Gentleman, local fishermen on the county Mayo coast have co-operated with the Department by furnishing information on which successful prosecutions have taken place. Similar co-operation on the part of the county Kerry fishermen will, no doubt, lead to like results. The provisions of the Trawling in Prohibited Areas Prevention Act can also be put into operation on reports received from fishermen, and the Department have already taken action in this direction.

asked what progress has been made with the negotiations for purchase of the Mahony estate at Dooks; and, in particular, what steps have been taken to secure the reinstatement of the representatives of the late Michael O'Sullivan in the farm from which he was evicted?

The Congested Districts Board have not yet issued an offer for the purchase of this estate, and they are therefore not in a position to say what action they would take in the case referred to.

asked the reason for the delay in issuing the title deeds to the town tenants on the Dowling estate at Cappawhite, county Tipperary, who have purchased their holdings for cash in the Court of Chancery?

If each purchasing tenant had been required to take out a separate conveyance from the Court of his own holding the costs of doing so (payable by the tenant purchaser) would in many cases, have exceeded the amount of the purchase money. To obviate this result one conveyance is being prepared (at the expense of the estate), which, by the operation of the Statute of Uses, will have the effect of legally vesting each holding in the tenant. The conveyance will be perfected before the close of this month.

asked whether the Estates Commissioners have entered into negotiations with the owner for the acquisition of the untenanted lands on the estates of Mr. Waller, Newport, county Tipperary, and Miss Norris, Doola, Travis-town, Nenagh?

The Estates Commissioners are unable from the particulars given to identify these lands as the subject of proceedings for sale before them under the Land Purchase Acts.

asked the Chief Secretary if he is now in a position to state the average number of years' purchase of rent, the total principal, and the total interest paid on that price in annuities in the appropriate purchase term running its full normal course by a purchaser of a farm rented at £25 a year purchased under the Land Purchase Act of 1891 and by a purchaser under the Act of 1903, as amended by the Act of 1909, respectively; and the total cash difference between the two purchases?

My right hon. Friend is not prepared to give the information asked for.

asked whether the Estates Commissioners have offered for sale to the Congested Districts Board the Massey estate, situated at Gubacreeny, Kinlough, county Leitrim; and whether, having regard to the fact that congestion prevails in the district, the Board will purchase the estate for the purpose of redistribution and relief of congestion?

The Estates Commissioners propose to purchase this estate, which is the subject of proceedings for sale before them, and to deal with it as a congested estate.

asked the reasons upon which the Local Government Board refused the full pension to Thomas Hayes, Leigh, Twomileborris, Thurles, county Tipperary, and James Sullivan, Horse and Jockey, Thurles, county Tipperary; and whether the Thurles Sub-pension Committee allowed them the full pension?

Both these men were in receipt of pensions at a reduced rate, and themselves raised questions that they were entitled to the full pension. The sub-committee granted the full amount, and the pension officer thereupon appealed to the Local Government Board. The Board dismissed the questions raised by the pensioners, as they were not satisfied that the pensioners' yearly means were less than £21.

asked the Chief Secretary the grounds on which the Local Government Board refused the claim of Thomas O'Shea, of Glensharrold, county Limerick, to an old age pension, in view of the fact that six laymen and two Catholice clergymen, all gentlemen of independent standing and integrity, testified that he had reached the statutory age; and, seeing that O'Shea cannot procure his age in the parish registry or from the Census Returns, and that he has produced the best and most independent testimony in his power, will the Local Government Board now again take this man's case into their consideration and grant him the pension to which he is entitled?

This man's case has been before the Local Government Board on three occasions, and the evidence submitted in support of the claim on each occasion has been carefully considered, but the Board were unable to accept it as sufficient to establish that he had reached the statutory age. It is not now open to the Board to reconsider their decision.

asked what steps have been taken to provide for the safe custody in Ireland of the wills of living persons, under Section 98 of the Court of Probate (Ireland) Act, 1857?

The registrar of the Court of Probate informs me that the wills referred to are kept in a fireproof strong room in the custody of the Court.

asked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that the joint committee of the Waterford District Lunatic Asylum has unanimously adopted a resolution urging that the Mental Deficiency Bill now before Parliament should be extended to Ireland, and that other similar bodies have expressed the same view; and whether he will take steps to make the Bill applicable to Ireland?

The answer to both paragraphs of the question is in the affirmative.

asked whether Mr. Kellet, who was evicted from two farms on the estates of Lady Chapman and Captain R. Sankey, was originally noted by the Estates Commissioners as being entitled to an equivalent holding; if so, whether he will state why his name has been removed from the list of qualified applicants; and whether, if his former landlord, Captain Sankey, reinstates him, which he has stated his willingness to do, the Commissioners will deal with his case?

The reply to the first paragraph of the question is in the negative. As the hon. Member has already been informed, the Estates Commissioners do not intend to take any action in the matter of Mr. Kellet's application.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will say how many ships upon the active list, and of what classes respectively, were in dockyards on Tuesday, 9th July, 1912, and how many officers and men respectively were on board of them; and how many officers and men respectively had been withdrawn from them for service upon other ships in the review at Spithead?

I regret that it has not been found possible in the time available to complete the information asked for, and I must therefore ask the hon. Member to postpone his question for a week.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will state how many Reservists were called up for service at the review at Spithead on Tuesday, 9th July, 1912?

For the manœuvres, and incidentally for the inspection, 3,075 Reservists were embarked in ships. The details are as follows:—

Immediate Reserve. (It is a condition of their engagement that they serve for twenty-eight days during manœuvres)	3,000
Royal Fleet Reserve, Class A	250
Royal Naval Reserve	454
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; supernumerary in addition to complement	371
Total	3,075

Besides the above, there were a few pensioners to complete odd requirements, in artisan ratings, officers' servants, etc. All except the Immediate Class were invited to volunteer, not called out. They can only be called out compulsorily by Royal Proclamation on an emergency.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many of the ships at the review at Spithead on the 9th July, 1912, were at less than full strength, and to what extent, respectively, both as regards seamen and marines, they were in the aggregate below full strength?

All ships at the review had full complements except the training ships. The aggregate complements of the latter were short of the full complements by 806 seamen, 106 marines, and 67 other ratings. As already explained, the accommodation of these ships was fully occupied by the cadets and boys under training, the continuity of which it was desired not to break. In these cases, therefore, the numbers differed from what they would carry in war.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, whether his attention has been called to the fact that the skilled and ordinary labourers employed at the Haulbowline dockyard are paid a lower rate of wages than at any dockyard in England; whether the cost of living is about the same at Queenstown as at Sheerness, Chatham, Portsmouth, or Devon-port; whether the labourers engaged by the Queenstown Urban Council in unskilled employment are paid the same rate as the men at Haulbowline, but receive in addition numerous privileges in the form of holidays without loss of pay, waterproof clothing, and boots; and whether he will take any steps to make the position of the men at Haulbowline equal to the other dockyards.

The rate of wages for labourers, as also the minimum rate for skilled labourers, at Haulbowline, is 1s. a week less than at the dockyards in England. I have no recent statistics respecting the cost of living, but I presume that cost is reflected to some extent in the general level of wages in the district. I understand that only a small number of labourers are employed by the urban council, and that their rate of wages for a 54-hour week was brought up to the dockyard level about a week ago. I believe it is the fact that in addition a pair of boots and suit of oilskins are allowed annually to these employees. But I may remind my honourable Friend that dockyard employés are not without certain privileges. Petitions respecting the rates of wages at the dockyards, including Haulbowline, have recently been under consideration, and the Admiralty decisions in the matter will shortly be issued.

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Mr. Wigginton, the contractor for painting the line of forts surrounding Portsmouth, has sub-let his contract to an employer of the name of Fry; whether he is aware that Fry has again sub-let the contract to his employés, who work on piece rates, which is a violation of the district conditions for painters; whether he is aware that the wages earned by these men are so low that some have left, one man actually working for five days for 8s. 9½d.; whether he is aware that the sub-contractor has recently been called to account for violating the Fair-Wages Clause in a Portsmouth municipal contract; and what action he intends taking in the matter?

No complaint has been received, but the matter will be inquired into.

asked the President of the Board of Education if he will state, for the last official year for which statistics are available, the number of pupils in average attendance in England and Wales in elementary, secondary, and technical schools, respectively; what amounts they receive from Grants in each case; and what amounts are contributed by ratepayers?

The average attendance in elementary schools in England and Wales for the statistical year ending 31st July, 1911, was 5,406,450. The Board do not possess information as to the "average attendance" in secondary schools and technical schools, but the number of full-time pupils in Grant-earning secondary schools on 31st January, 1911, was 160,520, and the number who attended technical, art, and evening and similar schools and classes at any time during the year ending 31st July, 1911, was as follows:—

Technical Institution Courses and "Day Technical Classes"	14,745
Schools of Art and "Art Classes"	45,619
Evening and similar Schools and Classes	765,275

The Grants paid by the Board in the financial year ending 31st March, 1912, were as follows:—

In respect of Elementary Education (excluding Building Grants and Allowances and Pensions	£
for Teachers)	11,629,538
Secondary Schools (in addition £101,803 was paid on account of Bursars, Pupil Teachers and Pupils in Preparatory Classes).	656,722
Technical Institution Courses and "Day Technical Classes"	57,646
Schools of Art and "Art Classes"	68,980
Evening and similar Schools and Classes	460,588

The amount received by local education authorities in England and Wales from rates and borough funds for the purpose of elementary education during the financial year ending 31st March, 1910, was £11,635,725. The amount received in respect of secondary schools cannot be distinguished from that received in respect of technical and art schools, etc., but the total amount received from rates and borough funds in respect of higher education by all the local authorities (including the smaller boroughs and urban districts which are not local education authorities), for the purposes of education other than elementary was for the same year £1,857,954; this sum also includes rates raised in respect of expenditure on the training of teachers. The figures include rates raised in respect of loan charges. The figures for the year 1910–11 are not yet complete.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what number of Metropolitan police officers and men, respectively, have been withdrawn from the T Division, and how many of those are attached to or ordinarily employed in the parish of Chiswick; for what period have they been withdrawn and for what purpose; and when the inhabitants of Chiswick may expect to have their normal police protection restored to them?

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave to a question by the right hon. Member for the Wimbledon Division of Surrey on the 1st inst. It is not in the public interest to disclose the distribution of the police in particular areas.

asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the case of Maurice Meyer and his sister, who were refused admission into England by the immigration officer at Newhaven on 20th June; and whether he intends to compensate the parents of these children for the expense they have been put to by the action of the said officer?

I have inquired into this case, and am satisfied that the Immigration officer in refusing leave to land acted both in accordance with the law and with the intention of serving the best interests of the children. They failed to satisfy him as required by the Act that they had sufficient means and were unable to furnish him with sufficient addresses or other information as to their friends or relations in this country. There is no ground for any claim to compensation.

asked the Home Secretary if any statistics are kept of persons arrested in error in the Metropolis or in the provinces; and whether figures are available of persons charged in Court of various offences and found to be innocent after an examination of police testimony against them?

The annual judicial statistics give full particulars of the number of persons arrested and the number of charges dismissed by the magistrates, but I need scarcely point out to my hon. Friend that the dismissal of a charge does not by any means necessarily imply that the prisoner was arrested in error or has been found to be innocent.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the Department of Indian police is accorded worse terms of pension than any other service in India, although its duties are very arduous; that a person entering the Indian Civil Service at the age of twenty-one—twenty-three has his first pension due after twenty-five years of service and his full pension after twenty-five years, and can retire on pension at the age of forty-seven; that officials of the Public Works Department, the Telegraph Department, the Forest Department, and the Indian Medical Service can retire on pension at the age of forty or forty-one; whether officers of the Indian police entering at nineteen—twenty-one can receive a first pension only after thirty years' service, and cannot retire on pension until the age of fifty; whether he is aware that the pension available to officers of the Indian police has actually decreased in the last forty-three years from £479 3s. 4d. to £437 10s., notwithstanding the increased cost of living at the present time; and, if so, will he say when the recommendations of paragraph 87 of the Indian Police Commission, 1902–3, are likely to be accepted?

I assume that the hon. Member's inquiries are concerned with ordinary pensions, and my answer is therefore confined to these. It will be understood that in each of the Services mentioned an officer if invalided can retire on pension at a far earlier age. An officer appointed in this country to the Indian Police must be within the ages of nineteen and twenty-one at the time of appointment. The police scale of pensions is identical with that of civil departments other than the Indian Civil Service, but police officers are required to serve thirty years to earn the full ordinary pension of Rs. 5,000. Officers of the Public Works, Telegraph, Forest, and Geological Survey Departments (but not those of other Civil Departments) may retire voluntarily on a pension of Rs. 4,000 after twenty years' service. Service in these exceptionally treated departments begins at a later age than in the police. Indian medical officers can retire on a pension of £300 after seventeen years' service, but these may be as old as twenty-eight, and are seldom younger than twenty-five, on first appointment. The hon. Member's statement about the Indian Civil Service is not quite accurate. Under the present rules a candidate for the Indian Civil Service must be between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-four at the time of the open competition, and receives one year's training in this country before actual appointment. He can retire after twenty-five years' total service, provided that twenty-one of those years have been spent in active service. Thus he cannot have rendered twenty-five years' service until he is forty-eight, and it frequently happens that by that age he has not rendered twenty-one years' active service. It is true that the rupee pension of the police and of other civil officers (now converted into sterling at the special rate of 1s. 9d.) represents less in sterling than it did forty-three years ago. This special rate was introduced in 1900; the sterling value of the rupee pension is higher than it was at any time between 1879 and 1900, the period during which most of the senior police officers joined. I am not able at present to express any opinion on the prospect of the acceptance of the recommendation of the Indian Police Commission as regards age of retirement.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether a forest concession has recently been given by his Department in British East Africa; if so, to whom has this concession been given, and on what terms; what is the size of the forest conceded, and what is its value; and is it the intention of the Colonial Secretary to continue this policy of forest concessions on terms which give all the advantages to the concessionaires?

No forest concession in the East Africa Protectorate has recently been granted by me, though negotiations as to certain forest areas are at present in progress. It will always be my endeavour to secure for the Protectorate the best terms which the circumstances of the particular case allow?

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether under the new arrangements constituting French and Spanish protectorates in Morocco, those provisions of the Algeciras Treaty will remain in force which stipulated that, in the matter of tenders for public works, equal opportunities should be enjoyed by the subjects of all the signatory Powers; and whether it is clearly and definitely understood that in the matter of Import Duties there shall be no discrimination against any of the signatory Powers?

The rights of Great Britain in regard to tenders for public works and Customs Duties are definitely safeguarded under Articles 6 and 4 of the Franco-German Convention of November, 1911, to which His Majesty's Government have adhered. I may add that in a recent speech in the Chamber of Deputies the French Prime Minister clearly recognised that all contracts for public works in Morocco must be submitted to adjudication.

asked the President of the Local Government Board what action the Government propose to take to avoid the disfranchisement of those people who had to accept poor relief in consequence of recent dislocation of trade owing to labour troubles?

The Franchise and Registration Bill, which was read a second time on Friday last, will deal with this matter in the future by reducing the qualifying period to six months. The Government do not find it possible to promote special legislation for the present year.

asked the President of the Local Government Board if he will state when the Census volumes relating to the counties of England and Wales will be published?

The first and second of the series of population volumes, giving figures for all administrative and Poor Law, or registration, areas are now in the press, and will, the Registrar-General understands, be on sale on the 26th inst.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the lowest wage guaranteed to a dockyard worker of the ordinary labourer class employed by the Port Authority of London, and what amount can the same labourer earn per week under the system of plus?

I am in communication with the Port of London Authority and will inform the hon. Member as soon as I receive the desired information from the Authority.

asked the Postmaster-General whether, in the event of the Government of Ireland Bill having passed into law, land in Ireland will still be liable to any new system of taxation of agricultural land values that may be introduced by Imperial legislation; and whether Irish farmers will be liable to pay any obligatory minimum wage to their labourers that might likewise be provided by the same legislation?

The power of the Imperial Parliament to levy taxes in Ireland will not be affected by the Government of Ireland Bill. The degree to which that power should be exercised must necessarily be determined by the Imperial Parliament with a view to the circumstances of particular cases. Questions of wage regulation would in ordinary course be dealt with, if at all, by the Irish Parliament, though the Imperial Parliament would have the power to intervene should it think it necessary to do so.

asked the Postmaster-General what steps, if any, are being taken to fill the fifteen vacancies said to exist in the counter and telegraph staff of the London postal service; and whether, notwithstanding these vacancies and the existing pressure of work, a number of officers in the Eastern Central district have been invited to go on loan to the Registered Letter Office?

The vacancies will shortly be filled in the ordinary course mainly by the appointment of qualified learners and successful candidates in the competitions reserved for skilled telegraphists. No officers have been invited to apply for service in the Registered Letter section; but three officers who could be spared from the Eastern Central District were lent to the Returned Letter section. These officers will shortly return to their own office, and other arrangements will be made to meet the pressure in the Returned Letter section.

asked the Postmaster-General if he will give the particulars of the claim made by the National Telephone Company, Limited, for the sale of their undertaking?

I will arrange to have a copy of the National Telephone Company's claim placed in the Library for the information of hon. Members. Certain amendments have, however, been made in the claim in the course of the current arbitration proceedings, and the company are preparing a revised form. I will also arrange to place in the Library a copy of the Post Office valuation of plant, which is the chief item in the company's claim.

asked the Secretary for Scotland when the Report of the Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into various matters connected with the Scottish fishing industry will be issued?

As the taking of evidence is not yet completed, I am unable to say when the Report will be issued.

Ask the Secretary for Scotland if he will state, for the last official year for which statistics are available, the number of pupils in average attendance in Scotland in elementary, secondary, and technical schools, respectively; what amounts they receive from Grants in each case; and what amounts are contributed by ratepayers?

The number of pupils in average attendance was as follows:—

(a) In Primary Schools	731,905
(b) In Intermediate and Secondary Schools	43,436

There were also 17,618 students in attendance at technical schools (or central institutions), and 137,180 pupils attended continuation classes, but from the nature of the case no figures as to average attendance can be given under these heads. The system of payment of Grants is not such as to enable the Grants as a whole to be classified in the manner desired by my hon. Friend, and the same applies to the contributions by ratepayers. The amount of the Grants to local education authorities for all branches of education was £2,406,911 (including Grants from the Education (Scotland) Fund), and the contribution from rates was £1,644,546. The figures given are all for the year 1910–11.

asked the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the fact that under Regulations already issued a Grant will be made this year by the English Education Department towards the expenditure by education authorities on dental treatment; and, if so, is a similar Grant to be made for dental treatment in Scotland?

Scotland in this matter is on precisely the same footing as England. On the 19th April last a circular was issued to school boards inviting applications for assistance in providing medical (including dental) treatment for school children from a sum of £7,500 placed at the disposal of the Department I for the purpose, and these applications are now under consideration.