asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many men are being employed on the construction of the Admiralty dockyard at Singapore?

The number is 878.

asked the Prime Minister whether he will give facilities this Session for the passing of the Licensing Act (1921) Amendment Bill, now on the Orders of the House, and thus remove the anomalies as regards the hours of sale of liquor in licensed premises and in clubs, which are the cause of widespread public inconvenience, or whether he proposes to introduce legislation to amend the existing law in this respect?

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave on the 15th November, in reply to a similar question by my hon. Friend the Member for Chertsey (Sir P. Richardson),

asked the Prime Minister what steps have been taken by the Government with a view to the generating of cheap electrical energy from the tides?

I have been asked to answer this question. In accordance with the recommendation of the Committee of Civil Research, certain preliminary investigations are now taking place with regard to the possibility of utilising the tidal power in the Severn Estuary.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is the intention of the Government of Kenya to make any increase in the poll tax levied on members of the European and Indian communities in the Colony; and, if so, whether the increase is to be borne equally by the two communities?

The Government of Kenya has under consideration proposals for raising additional revenue from each community, European and Indian, to be wholly devoted to education for the benefit of the respective communities. These proposals include a tax on male servants in European employ in excess of two at the rate of 24s. a year, and a poll tax on Asiatic adults of 20s., on the understanding that the poorer members of the Indian community will be allowed generous exemptions. The Governor has expressed his willingness to consider any suggestions from the Indian community for an alternative to the poll tax which would not fall disproportionately on the other communities.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, with reference to the estate of Kilmuir, which was acquired for the purpose of land settlement, he can state the number of acres acquired and the number of people settled on the estate?

The estate of Kilmuir, which was acquired by the Con gested Districts Board in 1904, extends to about 45,300 acres. Seventy-five new holders were settled by the Congested Districts Board and seven by their successors, the Board of Agriciulture for Scotland. In addition, enlargements of their holdings and common grazings were given to the Crofters of the townships, numbering 35, which existed on the estate when it was acquired by the Congested Districts Board. I may add that it was largely for the latter purpose that this property was purchased by the Congested Districts Board.

asked the Secretary of State for War, whether he will explain the delay in the fixing of the clerical complements for the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; whether he is aware that, in December, 1925, the hon. Member for East Woolwich was informed by the Financial Secretary to the War 'Office that the complements for this office are in an advanced stage of preparation; and whether he is now in a position to state the approximate date upon whiich the decision will be promulgated.

The establishment for the Royal Military Academy has been fixed, and its application to existing personnel, which created considerable difficulty, is almost completed.

asked the Minister of Labour if he intends to establish other farm training centres similar to those at Brandon and Claydon, and whether he will take into consideration in arranging the syllabus of training the advice contained in Appendix II of the recent Report on a visit to Canada in connection with British settlement?

I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply given by the Under-Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs on the 22nd November to the hon. and gallant Member for Abingdon (Major Glyn), of which I am sending him a copy. The recommendations contained in the Report referred to will be borne in mind.