§ Mr. NEWMANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the cost to the State for the year ending 31st March, 1911, of £174,342 for services of land valuation officers, includes salaries of typists or other minor officials, cost of stationery, postage, and rent or purchase of offices; and, in the event of the answer being in the negative, whether he can give an approximate estimtae of the cost to the State of these items for the year ending 31st March?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. McKinnon Wood)The sum of £174,342 covers all expenses such as those referred to in the question, except postage paid by land valuation officers, which, however, amounts to an insignificant sum.
§ Mr. NEWMANWhat was the cost of sending out the two million Forms IV., and when were they sent out?
§ Mr. McKINNON WOODThey were posted on 10th February.