§ Mr. TOOTILLasked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of the fund in the hands of the Cotton Control Board at the time the Board ceased to operate; and how it is proposed to dispose of the moneys if any are in hand?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe surplus which remained for disposal in the hands of the Cotton Control Board at the time the Board ceased to operate amounted to about £1,500,000. The Board of Trade have under consideration proposals which were put forward by the Cotton Reconstruction Committee for the constitution of a "Cotton Trade War Memorial Fund," to be devoted to expenditure under two main heads, namely, benefactions to operatives in the cotton trade and the welfare of the cotton trade as a whole.