§ MR. H. GARDNER (Essex, Saffron Walden)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether he can state to the House the probable cost to the nation of the late Commission on the Depression of Trade and Agriculture?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)The Expenditure in respect of salaries, &c, has been as follows:—Salaries, £468; travelling and incidents, £535; shorthand, £558—total, £1,561. To this has to be added the cost of stationery and printing, which at present can only be estimated at £1,500—total, £3,111, or, speaking generally, £3,000.