§ MR. ARTHUR MOORE (Londonderry)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, what is to be the annual income of the proposed Board of Agriculture, whether this income includes the present income of the Congested Districts Board, and what fresh charge is made on imperial funds for the proposed Department of Agriculture and Industries.
§ * MR. G. W. BALFOURNo income is provided for the proposed Agricultural Board as distinguished from the Department. The income of the Congested Districts Board is not affected by the Bill. There will be a fresh charge on imperial funds in connection with the establishment of the new Department amounting to £78,000 a year, exclusive of any fresh charge that may arise from the establishment of the Department and the exercise by it of the powers and duties proposed to be transferred to it.