§ MR. RUNCIMAN (Dewsbury)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the accounts of the General Lighthouse Fund for the year ending 31st March, 1902, will be presented before the House rises on 8th August; and, if not, can he explain the cause of the delay.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) The account of the General Lighthouse Fund for the year ending 31st March, 1902, will not be ready for presentation before the House rises on 8th August. This account must before presentation be examined and audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General, and it is presented at the first convenient opportunity after the receipt of his certificate, which he gives at about the same date as he certifies to the appropriation accounts.