§ MR. KEARLEYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can give the respective annual amounts of soldiers' unclaimed balances for the last six years that are ascertainable, and how have these been disposed of.
LORD STANLEYThe figures for the last six years of which the accounts have been closed are as follows:—1892–3, £1,268; 1893–4, £1,418; 1894–5, £2,979; 1895–6, £3,238; 1896–7, £1,036; 1897–8, £1,813. The balances for the first two years have been transferred to the Patriotic Fund. The remainder are invested pending transfer at the expiration of the statutory period of advertisement.