§ Mr. HOBHOUSEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the numbers of applications and total amounts for loans under Section 1 and Section 2, respectively, of the Agricultural Credits Act, which have been made and granted since the 1st January last?
Mr. GRAHAMBetween the 1st January and the 30th June, 1924, 547 applications for loans under Section 1 of the Agricultural Credits Act, 1923, have been made to the Public Works Loan Board, and 481 loans have been granted, amounting in the aggregate to £1,790,222. Loans under Section 2 are made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, to whom questions relating to them should be addressed.