§ General CROFTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when he will publish the receipts and expenditure of the Ministry of Shipping; and (2) when the House may expect to have a statement as to the total amount of freight dues received into the Exchequer from shipments by requisitioned steamers and the amount of profit accruing to the country from such source?
§ Sir L. CHIOZZA MONEYI have been asked to answer these questions. The audited account of the receipts and expenditure of the Ministry of Shipping for the year to 31st March, 1918, will be presented to the House early in 1919, in accordance with the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act. I hope to deal with the points raised in the forthcoming statement on the Estimates. I may say at once, however, that, as regards profit and loss, the great bulk of the shipments in requisitioned vessels consists of Government cargo carried at cost, or for which, as in the case of transports carrying naval and2394W military stores, no charge for freight is made by the Ministry of Shipping.