Lough, Thomas

Lupton, Arnold

Pollard, Dr.

Price,C.E. (Edinb'gh, Central)
Priestley, Arthur (Grantham)
Raphael, Herbert H.
Rea, Walter Russell (Scarboro'
Reddy, M.
Rees, J. D.

Richards, Thomas(W.Monm'th
Richards, T.F. (Wolverh'mpt'n
Ridsdale, E. A.

Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln)
Roberts, G. H. (Norwich)
Roberts, John H. (Denbighs.)
Roche, John (Galway, East)
Roe, Sir Thomas
Rowlands, J.
Runciman, Walter
Russell, T. W.

Samul, Herbert L. (Cleveland;
Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel)
Scott, A.H.(Ashton under Lyne
Seaverns, J. H.
Seddon, J.
Seely, Colonel

Shackleton, David James
Shaw, Rt. Hon. T. (Hawick B.)
Simon, John Allsebrook
Snowden, P.

Stanger, H. Y.

Stanley, Albert (Staffs, N. W.)

Stewart-Smith, D. (Kendal)
Straus, B. S. (Mile End)
Strauss, E. A. (Abingdon)
Summerbell, T.

Taylor, John W. (Durham)
Tennant,Sir Edward (Salisbury
Thomas, David Alfred (Merthyr
Thompson, J. W.H. (Somerset, E
Tomkinson, James
Verney, F. W.
Wadsworth, J.
Waldron, Laurence Ambrose
Walters, John Tudor
Ward, W. Dudley (Southampt'n
Waring, Walter

Wason, Rt.Hn. E (Clackmannan
Waterlow, D. S.

Whitbread, Howard
White, Sir George (Norfolk)
White, J. D. (Dumbartonshire)
White, Luke (York, E. R.)
Whitehead, Rowland
Whitley, John Henry (Halifax)
Wiles, Thomas

Wilson, John (Durham, Mid)
Wilson, J. H. (Middlesbrough)
Wilson, P. W. (St. Pancras, S.)
Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton)

TELLERS FOR THE AYES-Mr. Whiteley and Mr. J. A. Pease.

NOES.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS CIRCULATED WITH THE VOTES.

Post Office Surveyors' Districts. MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick): To ask the Postmaster-General whether he will state the numbers of surveyors' districts in Ireland and in England, respectively; and whether, with regard to applications for head postmasterships or other superior appointments, one application is allowed to be forwarded from each surveyor's district in England, if one or more than one candidate applies in each of such districts, whereas one application only is allowed to be forwarded from the whole of Ireland even when there are

several applicants in each surveyor's dis

trict in Ireland.

(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The number of surveyors' districts in Ireland is three and the number in Eng; land is eleven. All applications for head postmasterships and other superior appointments, whether from candidates in Ireland or England, are forwarded to head quarters and considered there. Naturally, however, much weight is attached to the opinion of the Secretary at Dublin as to which of these candidates is the best.

Imperial Grant for Upkeep of Highways.

MR. SLOAN (Belfast, S.): To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the fact that damage is done by traction engines and heavy locomotives to roads which have to be kept in constant repair by the local authorities, he will consider the advisability of recommending the imposition of a tax upon such conveyances and thereby relieve the ratepayers from the burden now imposed on them.

(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) Any question as to the imposition of a tax should be addressed to my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Argentine and Natal-Supposed

Preferential Tariff.

SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucester shire, Forest of Dean): To ask the UnderSecretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give the House any information as to recent negotiations be

tween the Government of Natal and that of the Argentine Republic, in which Natal is stated to have offered preferential terms to Argentina in wheat and

meat.

(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) No information has been received in the Colonial Office on the subject.

The Tug "Rover's" Engines. MR. HOLT (Northumberland, Hexham): To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty what are the number and diameter of the cylinders and length of stroke of the engines of the tug "Rover."

The tug "Rover" will have-Two high(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) pressure cylinders, 14 inches diameter; two intermediate pressure cylinders, 23 inches diameter; two low-pressure cylinders, 37 inches diameter; length of stroke, 2 feet 9 inches.

Unappointed Learners in Belfast Post Office.

MR. SLOAN: To ask the PostmasterGeneral how many learners with two years service and upwards are still unappointed in the Belfast post office, and whether the officers recently appointed have received notification.

(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The appointment to the establishment of each of the learners at Belfast with as much as two years service is already being proceeded with. These officers will be notified of their appointment in due course.

Irvine Post Office.

MR. YOUNGER (Ayr Burghs): To ask the Postmaster-General whether he has yet come to a decision with regard to a new post office at Irvine.

(Answered by Mr. Sydney Burton.) This matter is still under consideration.

Sentence on Mrs. E. Pelosi.

MR. REMNANT (Finsbury, Holborn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been called to the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Pelosi, of 17, Baker's Row, Holborn, who was sentenced on 14th March by Mr. Mead at Marlborough Street Police Court

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to a month's imprisonment, and recommended by him for deportation, for playing an organ in the streets accompanied by her child of two years old, which, according to the magistrate, seemed to have been well treated; and whether, seeing it was her first offence and that she has several children depending on her, he will cancel the remainder of the sentence.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) I have gone very carefully into all the circumstances of this case, but, as I informed the hon. Member in a letter of yesterday's date, I have not seen my way to recommending His Majesty to remit any portion of the sentence passed by the magistrate. It is to be observed that the conviction was not as stated in the Question, but for the offence of causing a child to be in the streets for the purpose of inducing the giving of alms. I have, however, felt justified in deciding not to make the expulsion order which was recommended in addition to the sentence, and to allow the woman to remain in this country.

Small Holdings.

MR. D. A. THOMAS (Merthyr Tydvil): To ask the President of the Local Government Board, in view of the fact that the intention of the Small Holdings Act of last Session was that interest on the purchase money and a yearly sum as a sinking fund sufficient to recoup the whole cost of the land should be included in the rent charged by the county council to the small-holder, without the latter acquiring any interest in the fee simple of the property, if it would be competent for the county council to exclude such charges and defray them itself, if it so desires, without its members becoming liable to be surcharged by the auditor.

(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) It will rest with the auditor to determine in the first instance what course he will take if a case of the kind referred to comes before him. Any action taken by him in the matter would be subject to appeal to the Local Government Board. Of course I cannot say beforehand what the decision of the Board upon any such an appeal would be, but in dealing with it they would take into consideration all the circumstances of the case.

MR. FETHERSTONHAUGH (Fermanagh, N.): To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if the, Commissioners of National Education in Ireland have had it brought to their attention that Largy school, county Antrim, near Portglenone, is situate within a few yards of a public-house, and that the name of the schoolmaster and

the licensed proprietor of the publichouse are the same; is the schoolmaster the licensed person; and, if not, where does the nominally licensed person reside, and is the public-house in fact managed by the schoolmaster or members of his household; and is the management of a public-house by any schoolmaster, or any of his household, in close proximity to the school, permitted by the Board.

(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Commissioners of National Education inform me that under their rules teachers are strictly forbidden to keep public-houses or to live therein, and the Commissioners do not recognise as a teacher the husband or wife of the owner or occupier of a public-house. The Commissioners have no information as to the alleged breach of the rule by a teacher at Largy national school, but will make inquiries on the subject.

Kenmare Fair Rent Applications.

MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.): To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of applications to fix fair rents received by the Irish Land Commission for the two years ended 30th June, 1907, from tenants in the Kenmare rural district; how many of these applications have been heard by the Sub-Land Commission; the date of the last sitting of the Sub-Land Commission in Kenmare; and, having regard to the number of applications remaining unheard on the 30th June, 1907, and the period that has elapsed since the last sitting at Kenmare, he can state the earliest date of the hearing of these applications by the Sub-Land Commission.

(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The number of applications to fix fair rents received by the Land Commission from the rural districts of Kenmare during the two years ending 30th June, 1907, was seventy-two.