§ 86. Mr. Sir J. Mellorasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why prints of the Transit of Animals (Amendment) 187W Order, which came into operation on 27th August, 1947, were not available until January, 1948, in His Majesty's Stationery Office; and why were these prints numbered 1947, No. 2915.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallI regret that through inadvertance the Order referred to by the hon. Member was not registered when it was received by the Editor of Statutory Rules and Orders. The error was not discovered until January of this year when it was rectified by giving the instrument the next number available in the 1947 series. The publication of the instrument in the series of Statutory Rules and Orders was necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Rules Publications Act; effective publicity had, however, already been given to the Order through the machinery provided by the Diseases of Animals Acts.
ESTIMATED COSTS OF PRESS AND POSTER ADVERTISING BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS DURING THE CALENDAR YEARS 1945, 1946 AND 1947. — £ thousands. 1945. 1946. 1947. 1. Ministry of Information/Central Office of Information (including repayment services) 709 973 1,675 2. His Majesty's Stationery Office (Costs of paper and printing for posters) 60 96 100 3. National Savings Committee 523 462 530 4. Ministry of Food 481 435 338 5. Other Departmental advertising (including classified press insertions) 137 196 305 Total (£ thousand) 1,190 2,162 2,948 NOTES: 1. The above figures do not include expenditure on oversea advertising by the Ministry of Information, Central Office of Information or the oversea Departments. 2. All the above figures include a percentage allowance for Staff costs.