§ Brigadier Mackesonasked the Minister of Works how many civil servants are still engaged in assessing the value of iron railings taken for scrap during the war; and by what process the assessment of value is reached.
§ Mr. KeyTwenty-one civil servants are at present engaged, in a full-time capacity, in negotiating compensation settlements for gates and railings requisitioned during the wartime scrap campaigns. The basis of assessment of compensation is that provided by paragraph 4 of Defence Regulation 50B.