HC Deb 06 January 1913 vol 46 cc835-6W
Mr. MULDOON

asked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) if he can give the House any statistics or information as to the number of cases of foot-and-mouth disease in the various countries of Europe, including Ireland, during the last half of 1912?

Mr. RUSSELL

My hon. Friend will find some statistics bearing upon this question in a reply given by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to a question put on 11th December last by the hon. Member for St. Patrick's Division, Dublin. The British and Continental figures are not quite comparable, the British and Irish figures dealing with outbreaks, those for foreign countries referring to places. In Great Britain there were nineteen outbreaks in 1911; eighty-three to 5th December, 1912. In Ireland, 1911, nil; sixty-eight to 30th November, 1912. The number of places infected on the Continent may be summarised thus:—

Belgium—
Fortnight ending Oct. 15th, 1911 1,069
Fortnight ending Oct. 15th, 1912 1
France—
October, 1911 14,115
October, 1912 3,459
Austria—
November 22nd, 1911 77,529
November 20th, 1912 694
Germany—
November 16th, 1911 30,444
November 16th, 1912 255
Hungary—
November 8th, 1911 21,267
November 6th, 1912 20

Mr. FRED HALL (Dulwich)

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what were the expenses attaching to the office of Lord Lieutenant and paid out of public moneys for each of the twelve years to 1911, inclusive?

Mr. BIRRELL

The expenditure from the Vote for the household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in each of the past twelve financial years is as follows:—

£ s. d.
1900–1 … … … 4,753 4 0
1901–2 … … … 4,742 19 7
1902–3 … … … 4,762 0 5
1903–4 … … … 4,781 3 4
1904–5 … … … 4,763 11 0
1905–6 … … … 4,648 7 3
1906–7 … … … 4,526 7 5
1907–8 … … … 4,557 2 9
1908–9 … … … 4,626 0 7
1909–10 … … … 4,620 15 7
1910–11 … … … 4,652 17 8
1911–12 … … … 4,649 4 1
The purposes for which the above expenditure has been defrayed are shown in the Annual Estimates. A salary of £20,000 per annum, chargeable upon the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, is paid to the Lord Lieutenant in pursuance of the Act 2 and 3 William IV. c. 116.