§ Mr. EUGENE WASONasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will furnish a statement of the Grants of money made to Scotland by the Road Board similar to the statements made on 6th March to the Irish counties and on 28th March to Wales and Monmouthshire?
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§ Mr. MASTERMANThe aggregate amount of the advances by way of Grant and loan indicated by the Road Board to highway authorities in Scotland in the counties named below up to 31st March, 1913, was £222,269. Grants amounting to £148,696 have been formally made, and Grants amounting to £51,750 have been indicated, of which the details either have to be supplied or are under consideration and discussion. Loans amounting in the aggregate to £21,823 have been indicated, of which loans amounting to £8,473 have been formally accepted.
Authorities in the undermentioned Counties. Total Grants made and indicated. Grants formally made. Balance as to which particulars are wanting or are under consideration. Loans indicated. Loans formally accepted. £ £ £ £ £ Aberdeen … … 13,414 8,780 4,643 750 — Argyll … … 12,765 9,907 2,858 4,800 1,400 Ayr … … 11,250 10,741 509 — — Banff … … 3,106 3,106 — 300 — Berwick … … 3,300 3,300 — — — Bute … … 500 — 500 500 — Caithness … … 3,800 2,120 1,680 2,000 — Clackmannan … … 2,250 — 2,250 — — Dumbarton … … 5,000 4,658 342 1,100 1,100 Dumfries … … 11,211 10,902 309 — — Edinburgh … … 15,747 10,747 5,000 — — Fife … … 11,003 5,988 5,015 120 — Forfar … … 3,834 3,834 — — — Haddington … … 3,800 2,844 956 1,700 — Inverness … … 16,703 12,263 4,440 6,370 4,690 Kincardine … … 2,020 200 1,820 — — Kinross … … 121 121 — — — Kirkcudbright … … 2,927 2,879 48 — — Lanark … … 16,973 16,973 — — — Linlithgow … … 3,600 1,750 1,850 583 583 Nairn … … 1,320 22 1,298 — — Orkney … … 400 — 400 — — Peebles … … 2,259 2,259 — 600 — Perth … … 17,900 14,655 3,245 — — Renfrew … … 6,227 4,650 1,577 — — Ross and Cromarty … … 4,950 3,681 1,269 1,700 — Roxburgh … … 3,000 — 3,000 — — Selkirk … … 750 400 350 — — Stirling … … 11,614 7,214 4,400 — — Sutherland … … 7,400 4,000 3,400 1,300 700 Wigtown … … 1,302 702 600 — — Totals … … 200,446 148,696 51,750 21,823 8,473