Mr. WALLACEasked the Postmaster-General what are the nature and source 190W various heads is given in the table below. With regard, however, to the number of men to be employed on each scheme and the duration of their employment, a detailed estimate might prove misleading, but to such works generally the formula can be applied that for every £1,000,000 spent, the employment provided on the site will amount to about 2,000 men-years, while a similar volume of employment will be provided indirectly for workers engaged in producing material in quarries, steel works, etc.
of the royalties received by the Post Office?
§ Mr. ATTLEERoyalties are paid to the Post Office by a number of local authorities, companies and private individuals in respect of certain telegraph and telephone services which they are authorised to conduct under Post Office licences. During the year 1929–30 the total amount of the royalties received was about £20,000 in respect of telegraph services and about £16,500 in respect of telephone services.