Army Expenditure (Postage, &c).

HC Deb 14 March 1911 vol 22 cc2198-9W

Mr. HOLT

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will explain why his estimated expenditure on postage, etc., has risen from £27,300 in 1910–11 to £32,050 in 1911–12?

Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL

The quadrennial recount of War Office correspondence has recently been taken, and it is found that the correspondence has increased considerably since the previous count.