§ Mr. ASTORasked the President of the Local Government Board how many applications for loans have been received by the Board from local authorities during each of the last three years?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELI cannot give the number of applications, but the number of loans sanctioned in each of the last three years is as follows: In 1911, 5,363; in 1912, 6,210; and in 1913, 6,382.
§ Mr. ASTORasked how many applications for the alterations of boundaries have been received by the Board during each of the last three years from local authorities?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe application for alteration of boundaries made to the Local Government Board numbered in 1911 eight, in 1912 twenty-one, and in 1913 fifteen. In addition seventeen Orders made by county councils involving the alteration of boundaries were submitted to the Local Government Board for confirmation in 1911, twenty in 1912, and eighteen in 1913.