asked the Under-Secretary for War whether men in the Army Service Corps serving at the front and doing labourers' work are actually entitled to the same pay as labourers, namely, 3s. per day; and, if so, will he explain why they are not receiving this?

Men enlisted in the Army Service Corps for general duty in ordinary course are not entitled when engaged on labourers' work to the special rate of 3s. given to men enlisted for special labour companies.

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he can state the number of military officers employed at the Army Clothing Factory at Pimlico and at the depots in London and Leeds; what salary is paid to each; and how many of them are under forty and how many over sixty years of age?

The number is forty-one. The salaries vary from £228 2s. 6d. to £930 per annum. Twenty-one of these officers are under forty and seven over sixty years of age.

asked whether, in order to save the troops engaged in the campaign in Mesopotamia from the diseases prevalent in that climate, arrangements have been made for due supplies of fresh vegetables?

I have no exact information as to the arrangements in Mesopotamia for the food supply of the troops, but the medical and commissariat authorities there are well acquainted with the requirements of the climate, and I have no doubt that they endeavour to include fresh vegetables in the dietary so far as circumstances permit.

asked the Secretary for India whether the advance to Bagdad was undertaken with the concurrence of the military advisers of the Home Government, or was the advance undertaken on the sole responsibility of the Indian Government?

The reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative.

asked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) if he will state the names of the bodies among whom were allocated for expenditure in the Session 1914–15 the annual Grant of £55,000 provided by Section 16 (1) ( c ) of the Agricultural and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 1899, for technical instruction in Ireland; the sum transferred from the Department's agricultural branch to their technical instruction branch for instruction in manual work and domestic economy in rural districts under county committees' schemes; moneys paid from the Department from any other source to those bodies; and the amount in respect of science and art Grants deducted from each of those bodies from the Annual Endownment Grant allocated by the technical branch for expenditure in the session above-mentioned; and the objects to which the money so deducted was devoted, and the amount of each allocated to each body?

It is quite impossible at such short notice to supply the detailed information asked for, which would take some time to prepare in the particular form indicated. I shall be glad to send the hon. Member a memorandum upon the subject as soon as possible.

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, in view of the dissatisfaction existing and turmoil apprehended in the Multyfarnham district with reference to the distribution of the Ballinakill ranch on the Nugent estate, he will say what local approval the Estates Commissioners obtained for their scheme; on what grounds they gave the largest portion to a rancher, leaving landless men and small holders entitled under the Statutes with none; and whether, having regard to local complaints, the distribution will be reconsidered?

I am informed that the Estates Commissioners are not aware of any justification for the statements made as regards dissatisfaction or apprehended turmoil. The untenanted land was allotted by them after due inquiry and in the exercise of the discretion vested in them. The reply to the concluding part of the question is in the negative.

asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware of the feeling aroused among Ayurvedic physicians and hakims in the Madras Presidency by the action of the Madras Medical Council under the Madras Medical Regulations Act, 1914, in respect of Dr. Krishnaswamy Iyer's alleged covering of an Ayurvedic physician; and whether it is proposed to amend this Act so as to bring it into line with the Bombay Medical Act of 1912?

I have no information on the subject, except such as I have derived from the public Press.

asked the Secretary of State for India whether any information has been received regarding the murder which occurred last month of Mr. Priestley, of the Alliance Bank of Simla, in the Lawrence Gardens at Lahore?

I have received a report from the Government of India, in which they express the opinion that this brutal murder cannot have been committed from political motives. I regret to say that no clue to the murderers has yet been found.

I beg to give notice of the following Resolution: "That the retention by the Duke of Cumberland and the Duke of Albany, now in command of forces of the enemies of this country, although natural born British subjects and as such guilty of high treason, of no fewer than seven peerages of Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, and their continued possession of the style, title, and dignity of Royal Highness and Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constitute a cause of justifiable public discontent and indignation which demands immediate remedy."