§ Sir J. LONSDALEasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he is aware that dissatisfaction has been caused by the prices fixed for timber requisitioned by the Government in Ireland being in many instances only half the prices obtainable before the War; and if he can state by whom and upon what principle the prices have been fixed?
§ Mr. FORSTERIn only three cases has timber been requisitioned in Ireland by 743W the Home-grown Timber Committee. In two of them prices were agreed upon between the proprietor and the Committee, and the procedure of requisitioning was used only to avoid legal difficulties. In the third case (of December last) the timber has been purchased by a private individual a few weeks before the Committee intervened. Agreement as to price could not be reached, and the case has been referred to the Defence of the Realm Losses Commission.