§ MR. SEARSTo ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer in view of the statement that the new Customs and Excise Department would deal with goods only, whether it is intended to restrict certain offices to old-age pension work exclusively; will he state the agency to be employed in collecting intoxicating 321 liquors and other licences; and will he say by what means it is intended to distinguish the pension officer, who is to be a Treasury official, from the licensing officer, who is to hold his commission from the Board of Inland Revenue or Customs.
§ MR. SEARSTo ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that, in restricting Customs officers under the amalgamation to dealing with goods only without regard to licences, there will be a number of breweries, certain warehouses, and some distilleries in remote places where it has been found impossible to profitably employ the officers' time without the inclusion of considerable licensing work; and, as the amalgamation will considerably disturb an arrangement that has worked satisfactorily and economically, will he state how it is proposed to deal with this matter so as to avoid employing officers for part time only, and unnecessarily duplicating such officers in certain districts.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) Until the amalgamation has actually taken place it would be premature to forecast the details of the necessary arrangements. The old-age pension officer will, as a rule, have revenue duties also.
| Cape. | Natal. | Orange River Colony. | Transvaal. | |||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Cavalry | 109 | 2 | 9 | — | 108 | 3 | 10 | 109 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Horse Artillery (on higher establishment) | — | — | — | 119 | 17 | 3 | ||||||
| Field Artillery (on lower establishment) | 117 | 9 | 3 | — | 116 | 4 | 1 | 118 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Engineers (field units) | — | — | 104 | 4 | 5 | 104 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| Infantry | 74 | 5 | 3 | 73 | 17 | 4 | 74 | 4 | 8 | 74 | 4 | 10 |
§ These figures include the cost of horses, but not the cost of staff, schools of instruction, sea transport, carriage of stores, labour establishments, and other items which cannot be appropriated to the several regimental units.