asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state the amounts of the contributions to the Palestinian Jewish and Arab school systems, respectively, by the Palestine administration for the years 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933, respectively?

The figures of the contributions of the Palestine Administration to the Jewish and Arab school systems are as follow:

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air how many fatal accidents to both officers and men in the Royal Air Force have occurred in the British Isles and other parts of the British Empire, respectively, in the years 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933, respectively; and in how many of the cases were the occupants of the machines not equipped with parachutes?

The numbers of fatal aircraft accidents in the Royal Air Force in the years stated are given in the following table. The figures in parentheses indicate the numbers of accidents in which any of the occupants of

asked the Minister of Health how many water undertakings are getting supplies from collieries; and will he give the names of such authorities and the approximate amount of water they get?

I know of the following cases in which water undertakers obtain supplies from collieries : the Town Councils of Blyth, Oldham, Ossett, St. Helens, Wigan and Worksop; the Urban District Councils of Alfreton, Bedworth, Conisborough, Horwieh, Houghton-le-Spring and Ripley; the Rural District the aircraft were not equipped with parachutes.

asked the Secretary for Mines the total amount paid in wages in the mining industry in Yorkshire for each year since 1919, and the numbers employed during the same period?

The information, so far as it is available, is as follows :Councils of Atherstone, Basford, Chester-le-Street, Clown, Doncaster, Durham, Easington, Hemsworth, Houghton-le-Spring, Morpeth, Nuneaton, Shardlow, Tamworth, Whitehaven; and the Hetton-le-Hole and Easington Lane Water Company. I have no records of the amount of water at present taken by them.

asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the complaints made by owner-occupiers, in particular, of injustice done to them as ratepayers because assessment committees are not defining properly the gross value of dwellings as set forth in Section 68 of the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925; and whether he will take steps to remove this injustice?

I have received a few complaints in connection with the Valuation Lists which have recently come into force, but the matter is not one in respect to which I am empowered to take any action. The determination of assessments for rating purposes rests entirely with the local assessment committees, subject to the ratepayer's right of appeal to the : Courts. If any ratepayer is aggrieved by any assessment in a Valuation List, he may at any time make a proposal for the amendment of the list and, if dissatisfied with the decision of the assessment committee on the proposal, may appeal to Quarter Sessions.