asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he can state the amount of the pay and allowances drawn from Army funds in each case of hon. and gallant Members of this House who are serving in His Majesty's Forces?

Name. Rank, Appointment and Regiment. Annual Rate. £ s. d. Acland, Rt. Hon. F. D. Lieut., University of London Officers' Training Corps. No pay. Aitken, Sir W. M., C.B. Employed on special duties with the Canadian Contingent. Paid by Dominion Government. Allen, Rt. Hon. C. P. Major, 2/5th Bn. Gloucester Regt. 292 0 0 *Amery, L. C. M. S. Capt., General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade, War Office. 500 0 0 Anstruther-Gray, W. Major, 3/1st Scottish Horse Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Archer-Shee, M., D.S.O. Lt.-CoL, 12th Bn. Gloucester Regt. 511 0 0 Ashley, W. W. Lieut., Grenadier Guards. 225 2 6 Astor, W. Major, Inspector of Quartermaster-General's Services, Southern Command. No pay. *Baird, J. L., C.M.G., D.S.O. Major, 1st Class Agent, Intelligence Corps. 400 0 0 *Baker, Sir R. L., Bt Major, Special Service Officer, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. 400 0 0 Baring, Hon. G. V. Lt.-Col., Coldstream Guards. 711 0 0 Barnston, H. Capt., Cheshire Yeomanry. 246 7 6 Bathurst, Hon. A. B. Lt.-Col., 2/5th Bn. Gloucester Regt. 511 0 0 *Bathurst, C Capt., Assistant Military Secretary, Salisbury Training Centre. 450 0 0 *Beckett, Hon. W. G. Capt., Assistant Military Secretary, Northern Command. 450 0 0 Benn, I. H Capt., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Machine Gun Training Centre. 226 2 6 Bennett-Goldney, F. Capt., Army Service Corps. 282 17 6 *Blair, R. Lieut., Army Pay Department. 250 0 0 Boles, D. F Lt.-Col., 3rd Bn. Devonshire Regt. 511 0 0 Brassey, H. L. C. Major, 2/1 st Northants Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Burgoyne, A. H Capt., 17th Bn. Middlesex Regt. 228 2 6 *Burn, C. R. Colonel, Foreign Service Messenger 400 0 0 Campbell, D. F., D.S.O. Capt., 3rd Bn. Royal Highlanders. 228 2 6 Campion, W. R. Lt.-Col., 4th Royal Sussex Regt. 511 0 0 Carr-Gomm, H. W. Capt., 2/22nd Bn. London Regt. 228 2 6 Cassel, F., K.C. Capt., 19th Bn. London Regt., employed under the Judge Advocate-General. 228 2 6 Cavendish-Bentinck, Lord H. C. Lt.-CoL, 1/lst Derbyshire Yeomanry. 538 7 6 Cecil, Lord Hugh Lieut., Royal Flying Corps. 219 0 0 Chaloner, R. G. W. (Hon. Colonel) Major, 4th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry. 310 5 0 Chapple, Dr. W. A. Major, Royal Army Medical Corps. 436 0 0 Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Major, Oxfordshire Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Clive, P. A. Capt., 5th Bn. Grenadier Guards. 365 2 6 Collins, G. P. Major, Inspector of Quartermaster-General's Services. No pay. Courthope, G. L. Capt., 5th Bn. Royal Sussex Regt. 228 2 6 Craig, C. Capt., 11th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles. 228 2 6 Craig, J. Lt.-Col, Recruiting Staff Officer, Ireland. No pay. Croft, H. P Lt.-Col., 1st Bn. Hertfordshire Regt. 511 0 0 Davies, D. Lt.-Col., 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 511 0 0 Denman, Hon. R. D. 2nd Lt., Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve. 155 12 6

The following is a statement of Members of Parliament serving in the Army, showing their appointments and rates of pay:—

Name. Rank, Appointment and Regiment. Annual Rate. £ s. d. de Rothschild, L. N. Major, employed on Recruiting Duties. No pay. Du Pre, W. B Major, Leicestershire Royal Horse Artillery. 337 12 6 *Duncannon, Viscount Capt., Liaison Officer, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. 400 0 0 Esmonde, J. L. Capt., 10th Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers. 228 2 6 Faber, W. V. Lt.-Col., 4c Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. 511 0 0 Falle, B. G. Major, 2b Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. 310 5 0 *Fiennes, Hon. E. Twistleton-Wykeham Lt.-Col., Deputy-Assistant Adjutant and Quarter-Master General. 550 0 0 Fitzroy, Hon. E. A. Capt., Commanding Divisional Mounted Troops. 245 7 6 Fleming, V. Major, Oxfordshire Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Ganzoni, F. J. C. 2nd Lt., 4th Bn. Suffolk Regt. 136 17 6 Gibbs, G. A Lt.-Col., North Somerset Yeomanry. 538 7 6 Gilmour, J. Major, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Glazebrook, P. K. Major, Cheshire Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Goldman, C. S. Major, Cornwall Royal Garrison Artillery, employed at War Office. 428 17 6 Goldsmith, F. Major, Suffolk Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Greene, W. R. Lt.-Col., 3rd County of London Yeomanry. 538 7 6 *Greenwood, Sir H., Bt. Lt.-Col., Deputy-Adjutant General for Recruiting, War Office. 650 0 0 Greig, J. W., C.B., K.C. Lt.-Col., 14th Bn., London Regiment. 511 0 0 Gretton, J. Colonel, Commanding 3rd Line Groups, North Midland Division. 511 0 0 Griffith-Boscawen, Sir A. Lt.-Col, Commanding 3rd Bn., Royal West Kent Regiment. 511 0 0 *Guest, Hon. F. E. Capt., General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade, East Africa. 400 0 0 Guest, Hon. C. H. C. Major, 1st Royal Dragoons, employed in Ministry of Munitions. Not paid from Army Funds. Guinness, Hon. W. E. Major, Suffolk Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Gwynn, S. L Capt., 6th Bn. Connaught Rangers. 228 2 6 Haddock, G. B. Major, 4th Bn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 292 0 0 Hall, D. B. Capt., Royal Engineers, employed under Ministry of Munitions. Not paid from Army Funds. Hall, F. Lt.-Col., Royal Field Artillery. 511 0 0 Hambro, A. V. Lt., Dorset Yeomanry. 173 7 6 Hamersley, A. St. G. Major, Royal Garrison Artillery. 355 17 6 Hamilton, C. G. C. Major, 16th Bn. London Regiment. 292 0 0 Havelock-Allen, Sir H., Bt. Major, 4th Bn. Durham Light Infantry. 292 0 0 Hay ward, E. Major, 14th Bn. Worcester Regiment. 292 0 0 Henderson, H. G. Lt.-Col., 1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry, employed on Recruiting Duties. No pay. Herbert, Hon. A. N. H. M. Lt.-Col., Special Service, Adriatic Mission. 228 2 6 *Hickman, T. E., C.B., D.S.O. Brig.-Gen., Brigade Commander. 1,000 0 0 Hills, J. W. Capt., 20th Bn. Durham Light Infantry. 228 2 6 Hill-Wood, S. H. Major, 6th Bn. Cheshire Regt. 292 0 0 Hoare, Sir S. J. G., Bt. Capt., Norfolk Yeomanry. 246 7 6 Hope, J. A. Major, 19th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. 310 5 0

Name. Rank, Appointment and Regiment. Annual Rate. £ s. d. Houghton-Gastrell, W. H. Major, Army Service Corps. 346 15 0 Hunt, R. Major, 2/1st City of London Yeomanry, 310 5 0 *Hunter, Sir C. R., Bt. Major, attached General Staff, graded as Brigade Major. 500 0 0 Jackson, Hon. F. S. Lt.-Col., 2/7th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. 511 0 0 Jessel, H. M. Col., Commandant, Remount Depot, Romney. 538 7 6 Kerr-Smiley, P. K. Major, 14th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles. 292 0 0 Kerry, Earl of, M.V.O. Lt.-Col., 2nd Reserve Bn., Irish Guards. 711 0 0 Keswick, H. Capt., 3rd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers. 228 7 6 Knight, E. A. Major, 3/1st Worcester Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Lane-Fox, G. R. Major, Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Lawson, Hon. H. L. W. Lt.-Col., 3/1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry. 538 7 6 Leach, Dr. C. Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. No pay. Lee, A. H. Col., Graded as Assistant Adjutant General for Special Service. No pay. Lees Smith, H. B. Corporal, Royal Army Medical Corps. 0 2 9 per diem Lewisham, Viscount Major, Staffordshire Yeomanry. 310 5 0 *Lloyd, G. A. Captain, Special Service, Egypt. 400 0 0 Locker-Lampson, G. L. T. 2nd Lt., 1/1st Wiltshire Yeomanry. 153 2 6 *Lowther, H. C, C.V.O., C.M.G., D.S.O. Brigadier-General, General Staff. 1,000 0 0 Lyell, Hon. C. H. Major, Fifeshire Royal Garrison Artillery. 355 17 6 Lyttelton, Hon. H. C. Major, 1/1st Worcester Yeomanry. 310 5 0 McCalmont, R. C. A. Lt.-Col., Irish Guards. 711 0 0 Meysey-Thompson, E. C. Lt.-Col., Royal Field Artillery. 511 0 0 Mildmay, F. B. Major, Territorial Force Reserve, Interpreter. 292 0 0 Morrison-Bell, A. C. Major, Scots Guards. 462 0 0 Morrison-Bell, E. F. Major, 7th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry. 310 5 0 Murray, Hon. A. C. Major, 2nd King Edward's Horse. 310 5 0 Newman, J. R. P. Major, 17th Bn. Middlesex Regiment. 292 0 0 Newton, H. K. Major, Army Service Corps. 346 15 0 Norton Griffiths, J. Major, 2nd King Edward's Horse. 310 5 0 O'Neill, Hon. R. W. H. Captain, 12th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles. 228 2 6 Orde-Powlett, Hon. W. G. A. Lt-Colonel, 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. 511 0 0 Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. G. A. Captain, Shropshire Yeomanry. 246 7 6 Palmer, G. M. Major, 4th Bn. Yorkshire Regt. 292 0 0 Parry, T. H. Capt., 5th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 228 2 6 Pearson, Hon. W. H. Major, Sussex Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Peel, R. F. Lt.-Col., 4th Bn. East Surrey Regiment. 419 15 0 * Phillips, I., D.S.O. Maj.-Gen., Divisional Commander. 1,500 0 0 * Pirie, D. V. Capt., Asst. Military Landing Officer, Boulogne. 400 0 0 Pole-Carew, Sir R., K.C.B., C.V.O. Lt.-Gen., Inspector of Territorial Force. No pay. Primrose, Hon. N. Lieut., Bucks Yeomanry. 173 7 6 Quenington, Viscount Lieut., 1/1st Gloucestershire Yeomanry. 173 7 6 * Quilter, Sir W. E. C, Bt. Capt., Railway Transport Officer. 400 0 0 Raphael, Sir H. H., Bt. Major, 23rd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. 292 0 0 Ratcliff, R. F Major, 6th Bn. North Staffordshire Regt. 292 0 0

Name. Rank, Appointment and Regiment. Annual Rate £ s. d. Rawson, R. H. Lt.-Col., 2/1st Sussex Yeomanry. 538 7 6 Redmond, W. A. Lieut., 3rd Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers. 155 12 6 Redmond, W. H. K. Capt., 6th Bn. Royal Irish Regt. 228 2 6 Remnant, J. F. Major, Army Service Corps. 346 15 0 Ronaldshay, Earl, L. J. L. Major, 4th Bn. Yorkshire Regt. 292 0 0 Royds, S. Major, 3/1st Lincoln Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Sanders, R. A. Lt.-Col., 1/1st Royal North Devon Yeomanry. 538 7 6 Sandys, G. J. Capt., Reserve Regt., Life Guards. 246 7 6 Sassoon, Sir P. A. G. D., Bt. Lieut., Private Secretary to Commander-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force. 173 7 6 Scott, Sir S. E., Bt. Major, 1/1st West Kent Yeomanry. 310 5 0 * Seely, Right Hon. J. E. B., D.S.O. Brigadier-General, Brigade Commander. 1,000 0 0 Sharman-Crawford, R. G. Col, 18th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles. 511 0 0 Smith, A. Capt., 10th Bn. King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment. 220 2 6 Stanier, B. Captain, Secretary, Shropshire Territorial Force Association. No pay Stanley, Hon. C. F. Lt.-Col., Royal Artillery. 511 0 0 Starkey, J. R. Capt., Nottinghamshire Yeomanry. 246 7 6 Staveley-Hill, H. S. Lt.-Col, Staffordshire Yeomanry. 538 7 6 Sykes, Sir M., Bt. Col., Special Service Officer. 550 0 0 Sheehan, D. D. Capt., 9th Bn. Royal Munster Fusrs. 228 7 6 Terrell, H, K.C. Major, 11th Bn. Gloucester Regiment. 292 0 0 Thynne, Lord, A. G. Major, Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Tryon, G. C. Capt, Grenadier Guards. 368 2 6 *Tullibardine, Marquis of, D.S.O., M.V.O. Brig.-Gen., Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade. 1,000 0 0 Ward, A. S. Lieut., Herts. Yeomanry. 173 7 6 Ward, John Lt.-Col., 25th Bn. Middlesex Regt. 511 0 0 Waring, W. Major, Lothians and Border Horse. 310 5 0 Webb, H. Lt.-Col., 14th Bn. Gloucester Regt. 511 0 0 * Wedgwood, J. C. Staff Capt., East Africa. 400 0 0 * Weigall, W. E. G. A. Major, Inspector of Quarter-Master General's Service, Northern Command. 550 0 0 White, G. D. Lt.-Co., 5th Res. Bn., Grenadier Guards. 619 15 0 *Wheler, G. C. H. Major, Inspector of Quarter-Master General's Services, Western Command. 550 0 0 Williams, P. Lt.-Col., 2/4th Bn. York Regt., employed on Recruiting duties. No pay. Willoughby, Hon. C. Tem. Lt.-Col., 8th Bn. Cheshire Regt. 511 0 0 Wills, Sir G. A. H. Major, 1/1st Royal North Devon Yeomanry. 310 5 0 Wilson, A. S. Capt., Foreign Service Messenger. 400 0 0 Wilson, Hon. G. S. Lt.-Col, 1/1st East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry. 538 7 8 Wilson, Sir H. R. H., Bt. Lt.-Col, 1/1st County of London Yeomanry. 538 7 6 Winterton, Earl Capt., 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry. 246 7 6 Wolmer, Viscount Capt., 3rd Bn. Hampshire Regt. 228 2 6 Worthington Evans, L. Major, employed at the War Office. No pay. Wright, H. F. Capt., 4th North Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. 246 7 6 Wood, Hon. E. F. L. Major, Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry. 310 5 0

NOTE.—Unless employed in the War Office, officers receive rations in kind or an allowance in lieu.

Except in the cases marked * officers are provided with quarters, fuel and light, or receive appropriate allowances in lieu.

In the cases marked * the pay is subject to a deduction if public quarters are occupied.

Except in the case of those officers marked * who are employed at home, field allowance is issuable in certain circumstances.

Colonial allowance is issuable at certain stations abroad when the cost of living is unusually high, but not in France or the Dardanelles.

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he is aware that a number of men in the packers' and loaders' section of the Army Service Corps who enlisted in March and April last were informed that their pay would be 1s. 8d. per day whilst in England and 3s. per day when overseas; that such men in France are not receiving the extra pay and have applied to the commanding officer and have also petitioned the War Office without success; and if he will state whether it is the intention of the War Office to fulfil the promise made?

I can add nothing to my replies to the hon. Member on the 16th November last and to the hon. Member for Deptford on the 2nd December.

asked the Minister of Munitions if he will state the names of the individuals who were invited by the Central Control Board to attend the conference held in Manchester on the 23rd November last, together with the office they represent, showing those who attended and gave evidence, and when the invitations were issued?

Between 300 and 400 persons were invited to the conference at Manchester, which has been described in certain quarters as a secret inquiry. It is not possible to give within the limits of an answer the names of all the persons invited, but they included representatives of the military authorities, of the local civil authorities, and of the leading employers and trades councils within the area of the inquiry. The invitations were issued on the 13th November and the following days.

asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether, seeing that powers were conferred on him in June last, under the Defence of the Realm Act, to proceed against any ships' firemen who came aboard any Admiralty transports the worse for drink, he will state the number of cases taken into Court in the Metropolitan area between the 1st of June last year and the 1st October last year?

The Admiralty does not possess the information, as in many cases the prosecution is carried out by the shipowners.

asked the Home Secretary if any application has been made to him for permission to employ women in wool-combing sheds on the night turn; and whether, before committing himself in favour of the proposal referred to, he will consult the representatives of the wool-combers' trade union and ascertain from them the serious nature of their objections to the employment of women on the night turn in woolcombing sheds?

Applications to this effect have been received from two or three firms in the worsted industry. The matter is urgent, as the supplies for the Army and for export are seriously affected by the shortage of male labour; but I will take steps, before a decision is arrived at, to see that the representatives of the union are consulted and any objections ascertained and considered.

asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that in the borough of Islington during Christmas week two officials of a slate and loan club who were balancing accounts with a publican who was treasurer of the club were arrested for being on licensed premises at an unlawful hour, despite the fact that no beer was being consumed, and that these men were put to the trouble of an adjourned prosecution to prove their innocence; whether he will have the circumstances of the case thoroughly investigated and the conduct of the officer properly censured; and whether he will consider the advisability of reasonably compensating the men for the trouble they were put to, and in addition circularise the officers of the Metropolitan Police force that they are to exercise discretion with a discrimination in favour of the suspected person in all cases where it is proposed to take proceedings under the Orders of the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic)?

The proceedings in this case were taken under the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, and not under any Order of the Central Control Board. The men were found in the bar of the public-house during the hours prohibited by the Statute in circumstances which fully justified the police in taking proceedings.

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether a large number of British vessels are available; and, if so, whether steps will be taken to commandeer a sufficient number of steamers to carry food-stuffs from the Argentine, Canadian, and American ports; whether he is aware that this proceeding would reduce freights and also lower the price of meat and corn to consumers in Great Britain and Ireland; and (2) whether he is aware that a vessel of 5,000 tons is liable to pay £31,000 freight from Portland, Oregon, to Dublin; and whether he can suggest any arrangement tending to reduce freight charges?

The increase in freights, which is due mainly to the scarcity of tonnage, is a question which has been and is being very carefully considered by the Government, and such measures as appeared possible have been taken. A number of ships have already been requisitioned to bring supplies of food-stuffs to this country.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will publish the list of firms trading in this country influenced by German capital of which the Public Trustee has official cognisance as supervisor or in any other official capacity, in order that the public may be made aware of the character of the firms with whom they deal?

As at present advised I do not propose to publish a list of firms with German capital, but legislation will shortly be introduced to confer further powers upon the Board of Trade to take steps in suitable cases to prevent the continuance of businesses carried on for the benefit of enemies.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will grant a Return of the quantity of spirits exported to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Holland for each month in 1914 and 1915?

I am prepared to grant such a Return if my hon. Friend will move for it.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state the number of barrels of beer manufactured in the United Kingdom upon which duty has been paid in each month since the increased duty was imposed in November, 1914; the number of barrels of beer manufactured and duty paid in the corresponding months of the years 1913–14; and whether he will state the quantity of spirits taken out of bond in each month of the same periods in the years 1913–14–15?

The figures are as follows:— Month. Beer, Home-made. Spirits, Home-made and Imported. 1st December, 1913, 1st December, 1914, 1st December, 1914, to 30th November, 1915. 1st December, 1913, to 30th November, 1914. 1st December, 1914, to 30th November, 1915. Barrels. Barrels. Proof Gallons. Proof Gallons. December … … 3,068,000 1,922,000 3,651,000 3,739,000 January … … 2,736,000 2,131,000 2,834,000 2,988,000 February … … 2,532,000 1,975,000 2,406,000 2,953,000 March … … 2,938,00 2,450,000 2,752,000 4,716,000 April … … 3,000,000 2,255,000 3,769.000 6,192,000 May … … 3,181,000 2,595,000 1,718,000 502,000 June … … 3,065,000 2,709,000 1,868,000 1,517,000 July … … 3,560.000 2,887,000 2,240,000 1,986,000 August … … 2,965,000 2,716,000 2,054,000 2,097,000 September … … 3,111,000 2,834,000 2,097,000 *2,925,000 October … … 3,121000 2,490,000 2,798,000 *2,394,000 November … … 2,629,000 2,288,000 3,406,000 *3,255,000 * Approximate.

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he is aware that Canon Brennan, P.P., Rathdowney, at the request of Lord Castletown's agent, Major Hamilton, prepared and lodged a scheme with the Land Commission for the division amongst the tenants of the estate of part of Lord Castletown's lands at Lisduff, Queen's County; if he is aware that the Land Commissioners' inspector visited the lands, reported in favour of the scheme, and the Land Commission approved of and sanctioned the scheme; if he is aware that Lord Castletown now refuses to proceed with the scheme notwithstanding his pledge to his tenants and Canon Brennan, and is attempting to induce the Commissioners to adopt another scheme absolutely at variance with that previously sanctioned, which new proposal contemplates dividing the lands amongst four persons, one of whom, a non-tenant, already holds 150 acres of land; and whether the Land Commission will, in the event of Lord Castletown persisting in his refusal to proceed with the scheme sanctioned by them, compel Lord Castletown to work the said lands subject to the statutory conditions binding on every tenant purchaser in Ireland, and refuse to allow him to sub-let to or sub-divide the lands amongst any persons other than the tenants included in the scheme sanctioned by the Land Commission?

I am, informed that in the case referred to Lord Castletown is the registered owner of certain lands at Lis-duff, in Queen's County, comprising 1,196 acres, 1 rood, 2 perches, a considerable portion of which is timber, all being subject to a land purchase annuity, such lands having been repurchased by him under the provisions of Section 3 of the Irish Land Act, 1903. These lands are subject to the statutory restrictions respecting sub-division without the consent of the Land Commission. More than a year ago Lord Castletown, in the interest of several tenants and adjoining tenant-purchasers, whose claims were put forward by the Rev. Canon Brennan, of Rath-downey, submitted a scheme for the subdivision of these lands, with a view of giving additional land to the extent of 511 acres, 1 rood, 38 perches, to sixty of such persons, leaving 684 acres, 3 roods, 4 perches in his own hands, including the timber. The scheme received the approval of the Commissioners, and is now on the verge of completion.

Subsequently Lord Castletown sought permission to make a further division of the land remaining in his hands, so as to provide holdings on part of it for four other persons, but the Commissioners refused their consent to this proposal. Afterwards the Rev. Canon Brennan and others proposed, with the agent's concurrence, an alternative scheme for the further division of such land amongst persons in whom they were interested. The Commissioners approved of this scheme in principle, provided it was properly put forward in detail by Lord Castletown, as owner. No such scheme has yet been put forward by Lord Castletown, and there is no scheme at present before the Land Commission for the further division of the lands.

Lord Castletown is the registered owner of the lands in question, and the Land Commission has no power to compel him to divide those lands amongst any persons or class of persons, and as there is not any application for the further division of the lands at present before the Commissioners, they cannot anticipate their ruling upon any application which may eventually come before them from Lord Castletown.

asked the Home Secretary at what date or dates the experiments upon living animals with chlorine gas alluded to by Mr. Leonard Hill were performed; when and where and by whom was the dog mentioned by Mr. Hill as experimentally poisoned by us so experimented upon; under what licence or certificate was such experimnt performed; whether Mr. Hill himself holds a licence and certificates, one or both, under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, and, if so, what is the date or dates of such licence and certificates, respectively; and what are the names of the President of the Royal Society and the Professor of Physiology, London University, respectively, who signed the certificates authorising the experiments in question?

The experiments upon living animals with chlorine gas by Dr. Flack were performed between 2nd July and 22nd July, 1915. The experiment on the dog mentioned in the question was performed by Dr. Kuno, at University College. It was performed on 26th July, 1915, under licence alone; no certificate was required, as the animal was anaesthetised during the whole of the experiment. Mr. Hill holds a licence, which was granted on 8th January, 1891, and a Certificate C, which was given in January, 1904. Dr. Flack's certificate was duly signed by the President of the Royal Society and the Professor of Physiology in the London University. I do not think any useful purpose would be served by giving the names.

asked the Home Secretary whether, in considering the case of Peter M'Anany, a pensioned police constable of the Metropolitan Police, he was aware that, since he was last certified as not physically fit for police duty, he has been examined by a specialist at the University College Hospital, who has certified him fit for police duty; and whether he is prepared to take any action in the case?

I am aware of the certificate referred to, which is not incompatible with the opinion formed by the police medical advisers. I am not prepared to take action in this case.

asked the Comptroller of the Household, as representing the National Health Insurance Commissioners, whether he can state the amount of contributions received from employers each year since the commencement of the National Insurance Act, 1911, under Section 48, Sub-section (6); to what Department are the contributions paid; whether any check is in operation to secure that full payments are being made; and, if not, whether the Department receiving the amounts relies entirely on the integrity of the shipowner presenting the account?

The total amount of the contributions paid under Section 48 (3) of the National Insurance Act, 1911, for the period from the 15th July, 1912, to the 12th January, 1913, and for the years 1913, 1914, and 1915, respectively, is approximately £787, £13,900, £15,300, and £19,100. The contributions are payable to the Insurance Commissioners. The returns rendered by the shipowners are checked when necessary by reference to the agreement.