§ Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether the amounts drawn from the Local Taxation Accounts, under the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, in respect of swine fever, foot-and-mouth disease, and other contagious animal diseases, are all paid into the cattle pleuro-pneumonia account to meet expenditure out of that fund; 1379 what proportion of the estimated sum of £91,000 under this heading for 1911–12 is allocable to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease; and how long is it since the expenditure out of the above account has exceeded this sum?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The estimate of £91,000 does not include any expenditure in respect of foot-and-mouth disease. The expenditure out of the cattle pleuro-pneumonia account for Great Britain has not exceeded that sum in any year since 1898–9.
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTMay I ask whether the time has not arrived to alter the name of this account, which is no longer applicable?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI do not think it is necessary to alter the name of the account, which, as a financial arrangement, works very well.