§ MR. GERALD BALFOUR (Leeds, Central)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state what is the total of the costs, charges, and expenses incurred in the recent prosecution of Sir Henry Isaacs, Mr. Horatio Bottomley, and others, in connection with the affairs of the Company known as the Hansard Publishing Union, Limited; also the amount of the costs, charges, and expenses of the public examination of the Directors and Officers of the said Company; and, out of what Vote such costs, charges, and expenses will be paid?
§ MR. MUNDELLAThe cost of the public examination of the Directors and Officers of the Company which will, in the absence of any assets in the liquidation, fall upon the Vote of the Board of Trade, amounts to £90 12s. 7d. The Board of Trade have no knowledge of the costs, charges, and expenses incurred in the prosecution referred to, which was instituted and conducted by the Director of Public Prosecutions.