§ Sir STUART COATSasked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that during Saturday morning the branches of most of the small trees on either side of the Mall were loaded with boys and men, with the result that many branches were broken off and serious damage and disfigurement caused to a number of the trees; and whether he will take some measure, such as wrapping the trunks and lower branches of these trees with barbed wire, to prevent similar in juries occurring in future?
§ Sir ALFRED MONDI am glad to be able to state that no serious damage was caused to the trees in the Mall on the occasion of the Peace Procession. Measures of protection, similar to those suggested in the second part of the question, have been taken in the past, but were found to be ineffective.