§ SIR LEONARD LYELL (Orkney and Shetland)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in filling up the vacant office of Commissioner of Woods and Forests, the Government will attach special weight to the person they select having practical experience and knowledge of forest management?
§ SIR C. W. DILKEasked whether the right hon. Gentleman would consider the reports made on the occasion of the last vacancy as to appointing someone acquainted with mines and minerals.
§ MR. H. L. W. LAWSON (Gloucester, Cirencester)asked whether the right 54 hon. Gentleman would consider the expediency of reducing the numbers of this Commission by not filling up the vacancy, having regard to the question of expense.
§ SIR W. HARCOURTsaid, he did not think that the latter suggestion was possible, considering that the Commission had to range over all parts of the United Kingdom, and that the work could not be undertaken by one person. He would take care to bring the question before the attention of the Prime Minister.