§ MR. ALDENI beg to ask the Postmaster-General, whether any financial or other support has been given by his Department to the voluntary scheme which is to provide sanatoria for the Post Office employees suffering from consumption.
§ CAPTAIN NORTON (; for Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON) Newington, W.There is no fund at the disposal of my right hon. friend's Department out of which regular financial support could be given to the voluntary scheme referred to by the hon. Member. But he has sanctioned contributions to the building fund of the sanatorium from the accumulated "Fine" funds at certain post offices. The scheme has his sympathy and support, and assistance is afforded to it by means of an arrangement for facilitating the collection of subscriptions of members by deductions from their official salaries, and in other ways.