§ MR. CHARLES MCARTHUR (Liverpool, Exchange)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade whether the sums expended by the three Lighthouse Boards, as per Parliamentary Return presented 14th February, 1905, form part of the amounts charged as Head Office Expenses in the General Lighthouse Fund 814 Account; and, if so, how the balance of the said amounts, as shown in the 1903–4 Account, is accounted for by each Board.
(Answered by Mr. Bonar Law.) Of the sums referred to by the hon. Member the item of £7,000 for Salaries of the Acting Elder Brethren of the Trinity House is the only one that forms part of the amount charged as Head Office Expenses in the General Lighthouse Fund Accounts. The other items are included under the heading Miscellaneous Expenses. The balance of the sums charged as Head Office Expenses consists of the salaries of the staff, printing, stationery, repairs, etc.