The Parliamentary Debates

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS CIRCULATED WITH THE VOTES.

NAVAL STORE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.-Question, Captain Norton (New-

ington, W.); Answer, Admiralty

CHATHAM DOCKYARD EMPLOYEES.-Question, Captain Norton; Answer,

Admiralty

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NAVY COMMITTEES OF INQUIRY.-Question, Lord Charles Beresford (Wool-

wich); Answer, Admiralty

NAVY-DEFECTS IN WATER TUBE BOILERS.-Question, Lord Charles Beres-

ford; Answer, Admiralty

OVERCROWDING ON GREAT EASTERN AND METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS.-Ques-

tion, Mr. Weir (Ross and Cromarty); Answer, Board of Trade

PREFERENTIAL RAILWAY RATES.-Question, Mr. M'Govern (Cavan W.);

Answer, Board of Trade

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COMMITTEE ON ICHTHYOLOGICAL RESEARCH.-Question, Mr. Layland-Barratt

(Devonshire, Torquay); Answer, Board of Trade

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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS INSPECTORS' REPORTS.-Question, Sir Charles

Dilke (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean); Answer, Home Office

POSTAL DELAYS IN COUNTY KERRY.-Question, Mr. Boland (Kerry, S.);

POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS IN SOUTH LOUTH.--Question, Mr. Nolan (Louth, S.);

Answer, Post Office

CIVIL SERVICE PAY OF BOY COPYISTS.-Question, Mr. MacVeagh (Down, S.);

Answer, Treasury

WAR OFFICE CLERKS RETIREMENTS AND PENSIONS.-Question, Sir Thomas

Esmonde (Wexford, N.); Answer, War Office

FRENCH DUTIES ON OFFAL IMPORTS.-Question, Sir Edward Strachey (Somerset-

shire, S.); Answer, Foreign Office

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JAMAICA RAILWAY BONDS-INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS.-Question, Mr. Cohen

(Islington, E.); Answer, Treasury

IMPORTS OF LINSEED, ETC., SUGGESTED DUTY.-Question, Mr. Flower (Brad-

ford, W.); Answer, Treasury

CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN BANKRUPTCY-CASE OF S. WOLFE, GLASGOW.—

Question, Mr. Lowe (Birmingham, Edgbaston); Answer, Scottish Office.

May 12.]

MOTOR CAR MAIL SERVICE IN SCOTTISH CONGESTED DISTRICTS.-Question,

Mr. Weir; Answer, Scottish Office

ILLEGAL TRAWLING IN THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS.-Question, Mr. Weir;

Answer, Scottish Office

EDUCATION BILL-RELATION OF COUNTY AND NON-COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCILS.

Question, Mr. George Kenyon (Denbigh Boroughs); Answer, Board of

Education

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FUNDS OF VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS. Question, Sir Charles Welby (Nottingham-

shire, Newark); Answer, Board of Education

DISCRIMINATING DUTY ON IMPORTED PAINTINGS AND STATUARY.-Question,

Sir John Rolleston (Leicester); Answer, Foreign Office

INDIAN CUSTOMS DUTIES.-Question, Sir John Rolleston; Answer, Indian

Office

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THE DEWAN OF DHAR.-Question, Mr. Weir; Answer, Indian Office

MILK-BLENDED BUTTER.-Question, Sir Edward Strachey; Answer, Local

Government Board

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL.-Question, Sir Thomas

Esmonde; Answer, Irish Office

IRISH CONGESTED DISTRICTS BOARD-RELIEF FOR SNEEM DISTRICT.-—Question,

Mr. Boland; Answer, Irish Office

IRISH NATIONAL SCHOOL TEACHERS-HAND AND EYE TRAINING.-Question,

Mr. Lundon (Limerick, E.); Answer, Irish Office

LABOURERS ACTS--APPLICATION OF JOHN M'NAMARA, BALLYBROOD.-Question,

Mr. Lundon; Answer, Irish Office

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LABOUR SCHEMES IN LIMERICK AND TIPPERARY.- Question, Mr. Lundon;

Answer, Irish Office

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ARMY REMOUNTS PRIZES AT AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.-Question, Mr. Black

(Banffshire); Answer, War Office

CYCLE CORPS.-Question, Mr. McCrae (Edinburgh, E.); Answer, War Office... 1346

EFFECTS OF DECEASED SOLDIERS CASE OF DUNCAN M'LAREN.-Question,

Sir John Leng (Dundee); Answer, War Office

BANDOLIERS AND AMMUNITION POUCHES.-Question, Sir Howard Vincent

(Sheffield, Central); Answer, War Office.

LOUGH SWILLY.-Question, The Marquess of Hamilton (Londonderry); Answer,

War Office

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MILITARY GUARDROOMS SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION.-Question, Mr. Colston

(Gloucestershire, Thornbury); Answer, War Office...

BRUSSELS SUGAR CONVENTION.-Question, Mr. Colston (Gloucestershire,

Thornbury); Answer, War Office

May 12.]

BRUSSELS SUGAR CONVENTION.-Question, Sir Howard Vincent; Answer,

Colonial Office

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SCOTTISH DEER FORESTS.-Question, Mr. Weir; Answer, Treasury

SUPPLY-ORDNANCE SURVEY VOTE.-Question, Sir Barrington Simeon (South-
ampton); Answer, Treasury ...

QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE.

SOUTH AFRICA-EXTENSION OF NATAL BOUNDARIES.-Question, Mr. Black;

Answer, The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. J. Chamberlain,

Birmingham, W.)

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POSTAL TELEGRAPHISTS AT THE FRONT-PENSION GRIEVANCE. Question,

Capt. Norton; Answer, The Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Austen

Chamberlain, Worcestershire, 3.)

CORONATION REVIEW AT ALDERSHOT

ACCOMMODATION FOR MEMBERS.-

Question, Colonel Tufnell (Essex, S.E.); Answer, The Financial Secretary

to the War Office (Lord Stanley, Lancashire, Westhoughton)

TRANS-ATLANTIC SHIPPING COMBINATION SUBVENTION OF MERCHANT

VESSELS FOR WAR SERVICE.-Questions, Mr. Channing (Northampton, E.),

Mr. Edmund Robertson (Dundee), and Mr. James O'Kelly (Roscommon, N.);

Answers, The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Gerald Balfour, Leeds

Central), The Secretary to the Admiralty (Mr. Arnold-Forster, Belfast,

W.)

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ARROGANT CLASS OF CRUISERS DRAUGHT FAN ENGINES. Question, Mr.
William Allan (Gateshead); Answer, Mr. Arnold-Forster ...

CHINA-ARRESTS BY AMERICANS IN THE SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL SETTLE-

MENT.--Question, Mr. Joseph Walton (Yorkshire, W.R., Barnsley); Answer,

The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Lord Cranborne,

Rochester)

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CHINESE WAR INDEMNITY.-Question, Lord Charles Beresford (Woolwich);
Answer, The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. A. J. Balfour, Manchester, E.) 1354
ENGLISH CRIMINAL STATISTICS.--Question, Mr. MacVeagh (Down, S.); Answer,
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Ritchie, Croydon)... 1354

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS TO RAILWAY SERVANTS PREVENTION RULES.--Question,

Mr. John Ellis (Nottinghamshire, Rushcliffe); Answer, Mr. Gerald Balfour 1355

METROPOLITAN POOR LAW SCHOOLS--COST OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CHILDREN.

Questions, Mr. Abraham (Cork Co., N.E.), and Mr. Flynn (Cork Co., N.E.);

Answer, The President of the Local Government Board (Mr. Walter Long,

Bristol, S.)

POOR LAW ADMINISTRATION- PROPOSED COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY.-Question,

Mr. Field (Dublin St. Patrick); Answer, Mr. Walter Long

DRILL AREA IN RICHMOND PARK. --Question, Mr. Parker (Gravesend); Answer,

The First Commissioner of Works (Mr. Akers Douglas, Kent, St. Augustine's) 1358

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IRISH SALT BUTTER INDUSTRY.-Question, Mr. O'Shaughnessy (Limerick, W.);
Answer, The President of the Board of Agriculture (Mr. Hanbury, Preston) 1359
IRISH JUDGES' CHARGES.-Question, Mr. Dillon (Mayo, E.); Answer, The
Attorney General for Ireland (Mr. Atkinson, Londonderry, N.)
NATIONAL LIBRARY, DUBLIN.-Question, Mr. Boland (Kerry, S.); Answer, The
Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. Wyndham, Dover)...

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IRISH LICENSING QUESTION.-Question, Mr. T. W. Russell (Tyrone, S.); Answer,
Mr. Wyndham ...

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WARBURTON GARRYHINCH ESTATE. Question, Mr. Delany (Queen's County,
Ossory); Answer, Mr. Wyndham

IRISH LOAN FUND BOARD.-Question, Mr. James O'Connor (Wicklow, W.);
Answer, Mr. Wyndham

MORLEY ESTATE SYNDICATE AND MR. R. H. JOHNSTONE.-Question, Mr.
M'Govern (Cavan, W.); Answer, Mr. Wyndham

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BELFAST PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.-Question, Mr. MacVeagh; Answer, Mr.
Wyndham

IRISH COUNTY COURT SITTINGS.-Question, Mr. Dillon; Answer, Mr. Wyndham 1364 AUGHNACLOY THREATENING LETTER PROSECUTION.-Question, Mr. MacVeagh; Answer, Mr. Wyndham

IRISH RAILWAY RATES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. Questions, Mr.
O'Shaughnessy and Mr. Field; Answers, Mr. Wyndham

PROMOTION IN THE LIMERICK POST OFFICE.-Question, Mr. Joyce (Limerick);
Answer, Mr. Austen Chamberlain
CRIMES ACT-PRISONERS IN SLIGO GAOL. Question, Mr. Dillon; Answer,
Mr. Wyndham ...
FINANCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.-Question,
Mr. Redmond (Waterford); Answer, Mr. A. J. Balfour

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THE EDUCATION BILL.-Question, Mr. Alfred Davies (Carmarthen Boroughs);
Answer, Mr. A. J. Balfour
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Questions, Sir. H. Campbell-Bannerman (Stirling
Burghs) and Mr. David Thomas (Merthyr Tydvil); Answers, Mr. A. J.
Balfour