§ MR. J. HERBERT LEWIS (Flint Boroughs)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture, what was the total amount received from the Parliamentary Grant and the Local Taxation Account respectively, from 1894–5 to 1898–9 inclusive, to meet expenditure in respect of cattle pleuro pheumonia, foot-and-mouth disease, and swine fever; and, what was the net expenditure incurred during the same period on pleuropneumonia, foot-and-mouth disease, and swine fever respectively.
* MR. LONGThe total receipts from Parliamentary Grants and the Local Taxation Accounts towards the suppression of pleuro-pneumonia, foot-and-mouth disease and swine fever in Great Britain during the five years, 1894–5 to 1898–9, inclusive, amounted in the aggregate to £188,400 and £510,000 respectively. The net expenditure incurred during the same period of five years was £20,500 for pleuro-pneumonia, £1,100 for foot-and-mouth disease, and £724,000 for swine fever.