§ Major PRESCOTTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will remove the embargo placed upon the Local Government Board not to sanction loans for the carrying out of private street works, in view of the shortage of works of public utility, to relieve the necessities of unemployed workmen?
§ Mr. PRATTThe control exercised by the Treasury over the capital expenditure of local authorities has been wholly removed, and the Local Government Board issued a Circular to this effect to local authorities on the 17th ultimo.