§ MR. YOXALL (Nottingham, W.)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state the total amount of dormant funds which have been held by the Postmaster General subject to the orders of the Supreme Court since the date of the Act of 1872 (35 and 36 Vic).
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir M. HICKS BEACH, Bristol, W.)It is the Paymaster General, not the Postmaster General, who holds these dormant funds subject to the orders of the Supreme Court. Between 1872, when the Chancery Funds Act came into force, and 1899, when the last triennial return was made up, securities and cash to the amount of about £240,000 came into the list of dormant funds. Since 1899 about £29,000 out of this amount has been paid out under orders of Court.