§ 83. Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the President of the Board of Education the total amounts given in Grants by his Department for agricultural education, other than that conducted by the universities, in each of the last five years?
§ Mr. TREVELYANThe hon. Member will find information for the year 1907–8 in White Paper, Cd. 4569, of 1909. Some of the institutions providing agricultural instruction which were aided by the Board of Education in 1907–8 were not aided by them for 1910–11 or 1911–12. The total amounts of the Board of Education Grants for the years 1910–11 and 1911–12 are estimated to be:—
The important remarks and explanations given in the White Paper remain generally applicable. There are no available figures of the total amount of Grant paid for agricultural education in 1908–9 and 1909–10, and in view of the labour which would be involved in obtaining this information I hope that the figures given will be sufficient for the purpose of the hon. Member.
… … £ For 1910–11 … … 9,370 For 1911–12 … … 11,695
§ 98. Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the President of the Board of Agriculture what are the total amounts given in Grants by his Department for agricultural education other than that conducted by the universities in each of the last five years?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Mr. Runciman)The total Grants paid by the Board for agricultural education to institutions, other than universities and university colleges, during each of the last five years are as follows:—
1908–9 … … … £4,450 1909–10 … … … £4,750 1910–11 … … … £7,990 1911–12 … … … £7,790 1912–13 … … … £7,840
§ Earl WINTERTONHow does this compare with the previous five years; is there any increase or decrease?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThere is a considerable increase, which began in 1910–11.