§ Mr. MOLTENOasked the Secretary for Scotland, whether he can state the number of old age pensioners in the county of Dumfriesshire, and the total amount of the payments in pensions paid to them during the last administrative year?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe number of old age pensioners in the county of Dumfriesshire on the last Friday in March, 1912, was 1,665, and the cost of their pensions in the financial year 1911–12 is estimated at approximately £21,300.