§ MR. BARTLEY (Islington, N.)In the absence of the hon. Member for Chester, I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the rise in the price of forage, he will increase the allowance of 1s. 9d. per day, now made by "The Army Annual Act, 1893," for 10 lbs. of oats, 12lbs. of hay, and 8 lbs. of straw per day?
§ * Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThe allowance payable to innkeepers for billeting horses is fixed by the Army Annual Act, and I have no power to go beyond the maximum there laid down. I am afraid the innkeepers must take one year with another; and, according to the contract prices of forage, the innkeeper is losing this year much less than he has been gaining during several preceding years. Billeting is an incident of the conditions on which a licence is granted.