§ Mr. GOLDSTONEasked the Postmaster-General the number of established workmen, including the electric light staff, in the engineering department of the Post Office who are receiving wages below 30s. per week; the number receiving above 30s. and below 40s.; the number receiving above 40s. and below 50s.; the number of unestablished workmen receiving wages below 30s.; the number receiving above 30s. and less than 40s.; the number of temporary men taken on and paid below 30s.; and the number paid above 30s.?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEI have not these statistics in the exact form required, but, according to returns taken recently, which do not, however, include particulars of the men who have been withdrawn for service with the Forces, the number of established workmen receiving wages up to 30s. is
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NUMBER of Outbreaks of Swine Fever in Ireland from 1905 to 1914 inclusive, with the number of Pigs diseased, number of Pigs destroyed, amount of Compensation paid to Owners, Cost of Administration, Total Expenditure, and the Net Cost in each year. Year. Number of Outbreaks. Number of Pigs diseased. Number of Pigs destroyed. Amount of Compensation paid to Owners. Cost of Administration*. Total Expenditure. Receipts from Salvage. Net Cost in Year. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1905 137 318 1,651 3,212 2 9 10,818 17 1 14,030 19 10 342 0 9 13,688 19 1 1906 95 437 1,511 3,156 17 6 9,502 6 4 12,659 3 10 915 1 3 11,744 2 7 1907 163 958 3,382 6,742 0 1 10,224 19 2 16,966 19 3 2,321 18 4 14,645 0 11 1908 158 810 4,467 9,868 11 5 10,305 19 7 20,174 11 0 2,646 13 3 17,527 17 9 1909 87 373 2,157 5,076 16 3 9,574 18 3 14,651 14 6 1,284 0 3 13,367 14 3 1910 106 514 2,926 7,531 7 3 9,494 13 11 17,026 1 2 2,437 0 3 14,589 0 11 1911 178 725 3,597 8,651 13 6 10,528 14 3 19,180 7 9 2,901 10 2 16,278 17 7 1912 215 1,422 2,550 4,671 12 3 9,747 14 0 14,419 6 3 1,199 16 5 13,219 9 10 1913 129 739 1,431 3,317 14 11 9,742 0 2 13,059 15 1 593 13 0 12,466 2 1 1914 193 863 1,983 4,451 12 1 7,579 2 5 12,030 14 6 691 8 0 11,339 6 6 * All costs other than compensation incurred in carrying out the Swine Fever provisions of the Diseases of Animals Acts and Orders in Ireland are included under this head. It is not practicable to indicate separately the cost of disbursing the compensation. 993; above 30s. and up to 40s., 3,572; above 40s. and up to 50s., 1,530; and above 50s., 184. The figures for unestablished workmen and temporary men are not available separately, but the combined totals for these two classes, excluding boys and youths and men on active service, are as follows: Wages up to 30s., 7,817; above 30s. and up to 40s., 990; above 40s., 40. Sunday pay and extra duty pay have not been taken into account in making these calculations.