§ MR. WALTER ROCH (Pembroke)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury 1791 whether he can give the amount of money expended from the Imperial funds on the improvement of the breed of horses and cattle in England and Wales, respectively.
§ MR. HOBHOUSEThe information asked for by the hon. Member is not available. An annual contribution of £5,100 is voted under Class VII., Vote 2, to the Royal Commission on Horse Breeding, and the Commission informs me that out of this sum they offer twenty-eight premiums of £150 each for thoroughbred stallions in England, Wales and Scotland, but I have no means of ascertaining the amount that is actually spent in this way in England and Wales respectively. I am not aware of any expenditure of public money upon improving the breed of cattle.