§ I hope I have not trespassed too long— [loud cheers]—on the attention of the Committee in dealing with the past. I now turn to the future. According to 1269 the original Estimates the total expenditure of the coming year may be put at £109,904,000. But of that £8,979,000 is the estimated amount which will go to the local taxation fund. Deducting this I have to provide for the original Estimates of £100,925,000, an excess over the original Estimates of last year of £878,000. There has been a slight decrease of £10,000 on the Consolidated Fund Services. Elsewhere there have been increases, the most important being an increase of £373,000 on the Civil Service Estimates, due principally to colonial and educational requirements, and an increase of £388,000 on the postal service, due to augmented business. But since the original Estimates were presented further Estimates have been presented of £140,000, nearly all for an increase of wages to those employed in the postal services. Then Parliament has passed the Voluntary Schools Act, which will add £616,000 to the educational Estimates of the year, and this House has given a Second Reading to the Necessitous Board Schools Bill, which will involve an additional charge of £110,000. The total increase on the original Estimates is, therefore, £866,000, making a total expenditure of £101,791,000.