§ MR. SLOANTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will explain why, while in the Estimates for the financial year ending March 31st, 1907, provision is made in the Vote for the Local Government Board, Ireland, for £9,944 in respect of the salaries and £3,700 in respect of the travelling expenses of their staff of 222 auditors, of which it is estimated that £6,500 will be recovered from local bodies, there is no similar provision for any outlay out of either Imperial or local funds in the Vote for the more recently constituted Local Government Board for Scotland.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The figures as regards Ireland are correctly stated in the Question. The reason why the Estimates of the Local Government Board for Scotland do not contain similar information would appear to be that local authorities in Scotland have to pay the entire cost of audit.