asked the Minister of Health if he has now received the report from the advisory committee on the disposal of London refuse, and when it will be published?

I understand that the interim report is likely to be received before the end of the present month. I am not in a position to make any statement as to publication.

asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the effect of the drought on the stability of projecting, copings and other sections of dwelling and business houses; and whether he will suggest to local authorities the desirability of issuing a general warning to property owners on the subject.

My attention has not been called to this matter, nor am I aware that special trouble has arisen. I do not think that the measure suggested is needed since local authorities already have power to take action if any building or wall is dangerous to passers-by or to the occupants.

asked the Minister of Health the total number of unemployed persons and their dependants in receipt of domiciliary relief in West Earn borough during the periods March, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934?

The average numbers of persons (including dependants) ordinarily engaged in some regular occupation who were in receipt of domiciliary relief in the West Ham county borough in March, 131, 1932, 1933 and 1934 were 4,158, 7,459, 11,031 and 10,507 respectfully. The returns do not show separately the total number of unemployed persons included in these figures. Corresponding figures for March, 1929 and 1930, for the county borough are not available.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether any approximate date has been fixed for the opening of the new Geological Museum in Exhibition Road, South Kensington?

The exhibits and collections of the Museum of Practical Geology are now being transferred from the old museum in Jermyn Street to the new museum in Exhibition Road, South Kensington, but it is not anticipated that the new museum can be made completely ready for opening to the public until about June, 1935. In the meantime, the offices of the Geological Survey have remained open contiguously either at Jermyn Street or at South Kensington, where they now are. The library of the Survey at Jermyn Street will be closed on 23rd July, but it is expected that it will be reopened to the public at South Kensington in about two months from that date.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of sides of beef graded and marked and the number graded but left unmarked during July, 1933, and each succeeding month?

The numbers are as follow:

asked the Minister of Labour how many persons were engaged in the cartridge-case making industry in this country on the last available date?

I regret that I am not in possession of information as to the number of persons engaged in the manufacture of cartridge-cases, this industry not being separately distinguished in the statistics compiled by my Department relating to the numbers of persons insured against unemployment.

asked the Postmaster-General if he will introduce into the telephone service arrangements by which a subscriber could be warned while in the course of any conversation on the telephone that another subscriber was calling and wishing to speak to him as well, in view of the fact that such a warning would be welcomed by telephone users and would conduce to the efficiency of the service?

I am having this question examined, and I will write to my hon. Friend in due course.

asked the Minister of Labour the total number of men, women and juveniles registered at the Employ-

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of ponies and horses employed below ground and equipped with electric-battery lamps attached to collars or harness worn by them; the number of mines in the various divisions where these lamps are carried by the horses; the number of mines at which the horses have been fitted with such lamps for a period of not less than three years; and whether there are any objections to the general use of such lamps in mines?

Figures for the year ended 30th June, 1934, are not yet available, and I cannot at present add to the reply I gave the hon. Member on 12th December last in which I stated that at 30th June, 1933, 472 horse lamps were in use at 29 mines. No type of horse lamp has yet been on the approved list for so long as three years. In some instances, I understand, there have been complaints of the glare caused by these lamps to persons meeting them on unlighted roads, but I do not know of any other objection to their use, which is, in fact, encouraged by the mines inspectors.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether arrangements have now been made to establish the principal civil aerodrome in Palestine a t a more convenient point than Gaza; and what will be the distances and

The following table gives the information desired:facilities for transport to and from such aerodrome so far as Tel-Aviv, Jaffa, Haifa, and Jerusalem are concerned?

I am unable at present to add anything to previous replies on this subject. I would, however, remind the hon. Member that facilities for the landing of civil aircraft and for obtaining Customs clearance are already available at landing grounds at Haifa, Samakh and Jericho, as well as at Gaza.