§ Mr. CHARLES BATHURSTasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether during the last five years, or any of them, the Board has returned to the Treasury any, and, if so, what part of the 803 money voted by this House to the Board for salaries or other Departmental expenses?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANSurpluses shown on the Account of the Vote for the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1906–7 to 1910–11.
| Year. | Vote for the Department. | Net Expenditure. | Surplus. | ||||
| £ | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1906–7 | 130,335 | 127,260 | 13 | 6 | 3,074 | 6 | 6 |
| 1907–8 | 237,840 | 235,853 | 9 | 6 | 1,986 | 10 | 6 |
| 1908–9 | 156,124 | 152,325 | 5 | 6 | 3,798 | 14 | 6 |
| 1909–10 | 173,169 | 161,512 | 3 | 8 | 11,656 | 16 | 4 |
| 1910–11 | 185,715 | 178,099 | 17 | 8 | 7,615 | 2 | 4 |
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTIs it the fact that there has been any surplus out of the agricultural grant returned to the Treasury?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThere have been surpluses in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTSeeing that the grant to the British Board of Agriculture is smaller than any made to any Board of Agriculture in Europe, could not this money be applied to some very useful service?
§ Mr. SPEAKERNotice should be given of that question.