§ Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the President of the Board of Agriculture if he will state what amount, if any, he is allocating out of the Development Fund Grant to research into the disease attributed to the worm known as strongylus contortus and other prevalent intestinal diseases of sheep; and by what institution such research will be conducted?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANInvestigations of the genus strongylus are being conducted at the South-Eastern Agricultural College at Wye and by Dr. Leiper, of the London School of Tropical Medicine. For the former Grants are being paid at the rate of £175 per annum, and for the latter at the rate of £200 per annum.