§ MR. BELLAIRSI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been drawn to the annual Reports of the Colonial Secretary of Bermuda for 1903 and 1905, in which it is stated that the taxation per head of the inhabitants is low, and that the community can well afford increased taxation; and whether he will endeavour to obtain a contribution, in view of the fact that last year the military establishment at Bermuda cost the War Office £205,797, and even the expenditure on paying the Governor, the Militia, and the Volunteers, is borne entirely by the Imperial Government.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. HALDANE,) HaddingtonMy attention has been drawn to the situation and the point will not be lost sight of.