§ CAPTAIN COTTON (Cheshire, Wirral)asked the Vice Chamberlain of the Household, Whether it is the case that somewhat less than a fourth part (£1,225) of the £5,000, specially voted in aid of agricultural and dairy schools, has up to this date been disposed of; and, as the Board of Agriculture Bill has, for the present, been withdrawn, and if the whole of the balance of the £5,000 is not likely to be apportioned before the end of the present financial year, whether he could see his way to giving a further sum, say 33 per cent on the original grants, to those Institutions which have already been thought worthy of assistance?
§ THE VICE CHAMBERLAIN (Viscount LEWISHAM) (Lewisham)Some grants have been made since the £1,225 referred to in the Question was awarded; and as several applications are now under the consideration of the Committee 88 of Council for Agriculture, on which grants will probably be made, it is impossible at present to say whether there will be any surplus left of the £5,000 specially voted in aid of agricultural and dairy schools at the end of the financial year.