asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether it is intended to publish for Scotland a Report similar to that on agricultural output for England and Wales issued last year?

The Report on the Census of Agricultural Production in Scotland is now in course of preparation, and will be issued as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give the particulars mentioned under the following headings for the financial year ended April, 1914, and for the present year; the number of horses and mules on the British establishment; the number of officers and other ranks, including, civilians, in the remount service; the number of animals dealt with by the remount service; and the cost of the remount service?

(pursuant to his reply) [OFFICIAL REPORT, 11th July, 1927; cols. 1765–6, Vol. 208], supplies the following statement:The work of the Remount Department is not comparable with that performed in 1913–14, as it has taken over the Light Horse Breeding Scheme from the Board of Agriculture, and work on classification of the horse population performed by the Territorial Adjutants in 1913–14 but transferred to the Remounts Staff as from April, 1914. Subject to this observation,

the following is the information asked for:

	1913.	1927.
(1) Horses and mules on British Establishment	28,849	19,603
(2) (a) Officers	34*	83
(b) Other ranks and civilians	264*	311†
(3) Pay and allowances of personal under (2)	£29,000	£86,000
* As from 1st April, 1914, the Establishment was increased to 118 officers and 270 subordinates, and the pay and allowances from £29,000 to £51,500.
† Excluding a certain number of locally engaged employés in Egypt.

As regards the number of horses dealt with in the two years, full statistics are not available, but in 1913 some 3,000 horses and mules were purchased but no horses were classified by the Remount Service for Army purposes. In 1927, owing to the fact that horses are available as the result of mechanisation and the Cavalry reductions, to meet other needs, only approximately 1,000 horses and mules are being purchased, but the normal requirements are approxmately 2,500, and, in addition, the Remount Service have to classify for Army purposes some 75,000 a year, in areas in which the horse population is estimated at 2,000,000.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner

Date.				Men.	Boys.	Women.	Girls.	Total.
1927.
June 6	…	…	…	1,294	92	73	106	1,565
June 13	…	…	…	1,299	91	90	104	1,584
June 20	…	…	…	1,243	98	84	106	1,531
June 27	…	…	…	1,248	95	88	103	1,534

(for the FIRST COMMISSIONER of WORKS): The booklets referred to by the hon. Member have been prepared and issued by Mr. Speaker for the use of Members and visitors. No expense falls on public funds. Any profits which may accrue will go to the Speaker's Art Fund for the provision of additional works of art for the building. The present arrangement with regard to the sale is temporary.

asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons, specifying men, women, boys, and girls, on the Devonport Employment Exchange for the month of June?

The following table shows the, number of persons on the live register of the Devonport Employment Exchange on the Monday of each week in June, 1927: