§ MR. FIELDTo ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether he can state what has been the charge against the public during the past financial year of Army officers employed in survey duties; and if they can travel 1400 in motor cars, and are allowed first class railway fare in lieu.
Answered by: Sir Edward Strachey.) The Army officers employed on the Ordnance Survey received in the year ended March 31st, 1906, from Vote for Surveys of the United Kingdom:—
| £. | s. | d. | |
| For pay and allowances | 8,000 | 9 | 9 |
| For travelling expenses | 976 | 16 | 2 |
| Their regimental pay was issued direct from Army Votes and amounted approximately to | 5,028 | 0 | 0 |
§ Officers using their own motor vehicles for journeys taken on the public service receive allowances on the scale sanctioned by the Army Council, provided that the cost of ordinary means of conveyance is not exceeded.