60. Major BARNESasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount payable annually in salaries to the staff of the Valuation Branch of the Board of Inland Revenue in August, 1914, November, 1916, and September, 1917?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe total amounts expended in the financial years in which the months specified occurred were as under:
| Year. | £ |
| 1914–15 | 565,000 |
| 1916–17 | 272,000 |
| 1917–18 | 270,000 |