§ Colonel ASHLEYasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the effects of Private A. J. Farrant, No. 2,479, late 4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, who was reported missing in Mesopotamia on 21st January, 1916, can now be distributed to his next-of-kin?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe Department is at present in communication with the relatives on this subject.