§ MR. FIELDTo ask the Postmaster-General whether he will state, for the five financial years ended 1906–7, the total expenditure for each year on each of the various kinds of stores, including clerical work, housing accommodation, fire and light, stationery, and all other incidentals in connection therewith, required for the Irish Post Office service and the proportion of these amounts expended in Ireland.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The kinds of stores in use are many thousands in number, and the great expense which would be involved in such an inquiry as my hon. friend desires would not be justified.