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(References are to Questions in the Minutes of Evidence, save where stated.)

Agricultural Produce Subsidies—payments in excess of the Vote made from the Dairy Produce (Price Stabilisation) Fund and not charged in the Appropriation Account; question regarding the correctness of this procedure; question regarding postponement of fully matured claims for payment; question regarding legality of Emergency Powers Order vis-a-vis the Constitution; question regarding the addition of a note to the Estimate; interpretation of section 24 of the Exchequer and Audit Department Act; the opinion of the Law Officer, 672-744, Report, par. 6; rate of allowance paid to creameries and merchants for cold-storage of butter, 745-747, 1127-1150, Report, par. 7.

Agriculture—Fertilisers subsidy, 489-508; analysis of grants made to County Committees of Agriculture, 509-511; Dairy Disposals Company, position as regards assets and liabilities, 512-522, Appendices VII and VIII; disposal of surplus potatoes to alcohol factories, 523-527, net expenditure in connection with foot and mouth disease, 523-530; financing of scheme for assembly of seed for home-grown wheat, 531-546; expenses and receipts of the Cereals Distribution Committee, 547-549; appropriation of receipts arising out of the Emergency Powers (Tillage) Orders, 1939 to 1942, 550; licensing and allocation of threshing sets, 551-554, 617-625; levies on slaughter of cattle and sheep to continue in force until irrecoverable, 555-560; authority for collection of fees for inspection of canned meat for export; question of increased fees in consideration of services to canners; inspection of canned meat for home consumption, 561-576; position of the Dairy Produce (Price Stabilisation) Fund, 577-581; additional provision of agricultural schools, 581-586; enlargement and improvement of the Veterinary College, 587-590; new research station for vaccines, 591-593; cessation of payments for manufacture of milk powder, 594-596; issue of bound volume of leaflets, 596-599; scope of the temporary Scheme for Farm Improvements, 600-609; flax-growing area, mechanical flax-pullers, 609-616.

Almond, Mr. C. S.—See Finance, Department of.

Appendices, List of—page 133.

Appropriation Accounts (1941-1942)—Comparison of Audited Expenditure with Exchequer Issues and General Abstract of, Appendix I.

Appropriation Accounts (1942-1943)—Special Subheads opened with sanction of the Department of Finance, Appendix III.

Army—sanction by Department of Finance for the exercise of virement, 926; larger percentage of over-estimation than usual, 928-932; barrack service stores deficiencies, basis of assessment of recoveries, methods of preventing illicit dealing considered, 932-956, Report, par. 10; accumulation of savings and deferred pay of soldiers, 957-974; bread costs, revised procedure for purchase of provisions, 975-976; recent regulations regarding clothing retentions by soldiers on discharge, accounting officer’s correction of previous evidence, 977-980, Report, par. 11; collection by Gárdáí of clothing and equipment from discharged members of Maritime Inscription, 981-983; payment for goods delivered made in advance of certified claims, 984-988; sanction of Department of Finance for additional steel helmets, 989-990; sanction given for use of reconditioned steel helmets, accounting for obsolete helmets satisfactory, 991-992; depreciation at a military post of motor lorries belonging to the Revenue Commissioners, 993-998, Appendix X, Report. par. 12; claims in connection with salvage of a ship in distress, 999-1003; procedure for tendering for supply of strechers for L.D.F., 1004-1006; refund by the contractor for these stretchers arising out of a war clause in contract, 1007-1010; charges for emergency hospital equipment to appear against Army Account, 1011-1013; labour cost of work done by the Construction Corps for the Irish Tourist Board, 1014-1016; Finance sanction outstanding for reduction of sums recoverable from troops for damage to premises, 1017-1019, Report, par. 13; expenses in connection with electric lighting of occupied premises, hire of tractor, 1019-1028; claim against Department arising out of a fire in occupied premises, 1029-1030; nugatory expenditure in connection with premises sanctioned by Finance Department, 1031-1032; recovery of sums irregularly paid as grants in connection with active membership of L.D.F., 1033-1038, Report, par. 14; local purchase of leggings by the L.D.F., 1038-1039; denim uniforms replaced by serge, 1040-1042; reorganisation of store accounting in L.D.F., 1043; freight charges on medical consignments from the American Red Cross Society, 1044-1045; wastage of fuel due to moulding of turf, 1045-1050, Report, par. 15; charges arising from cutting of turf, not removed from bog, 1051-1053; charges to a suspense account concerning maintenance of water supplies to be borne by the Army Vote, 1054; Losses, 1055; tenders for Army stores, 1056-1058; procedure for disability pensions, where disease is due to service, 1059-1062; Irregular Transactions in Meat and Other Foodstuffs, Appendix XI; physical checking of Army Stores, Report, par. 3; Supply of Mine Casings, Report, par. 4.

Army Pensions—automatic provision of surgical appliances to soldiers on discharge, 1064-1065; hospital treatment of pensioners in St. Bricin’s Hospital, 1066-1068.

Breathnach, Micheál—Office of the Minister for Education, 181-185; Primary Education, 186-205; Secondary Education, 206-209; Technical Instruction, 210-215; Science and Art, 216-240; Reformatory and Industrial Schools, 241-269.

Circuit Court—arrears in Dublin, steps taken to remedy, 74-76; jurors’ attendances and expenses, 77-79; delays in getting depositions, 80-81.

Cleary, Mr. T.—Office of the Revenue Commissioners, 270-275; Old Age Pensions, 276-283.

Coffey, Mr. D.—Public Record Office, 290-293.

Commissions and Special Enquiries—functions of Commission on Irish in the Civil Service, 114-115.

Committee of Public Accounts—election of Chairman, p. xxii; functions and procedure, p. 2; attendances of members of, Appendix XII.

Compensation Bounties—reply of the Committee to Minute of the Minister for Finance, Report, par. 1.

Comptroller and Auditor-General—compensation in respect of claims for insurance of workmen, 1-5; change in form of statement of expenditure on New Works, etc., 6; improvement in the collection of arrears of rents receivable, 16; store accounting of unserviceable furniture, 18-28; transfer of uniform clothing from Army to Gárda Síochána, 38-40; change in basis of recoupment of losses of the caterer to the Oireachtas, 87; audit of accounts of the Irish Tourist Board, 112; certification of expenditure on secret service, 127; fees for private investigations by Emergency Scientific Research Bureau, 158-169; cost of boarding in Preparatory Colleges, 186; remissions of income tax, 271; losses of duty and amended administrative procedure, 273-275; old age pension fraud, defective official procedure, 276-282; rail contracts for conveyance of mails, 307; losses by default in Post Office, 310; appropriations in aid from void postal orders, 315; improved position of deficiencies of engineering stores in Post Office, 317-325; effects of fire in Post Office Factory, 327; rents from premises in Henry Street, Dublin, 340-345; grants for home assistance in certain cases, 423-425; supply of fuel to necessitous families, 426; motor tax transactions of local authorities, 429; fertilisers subsidy, 489-495; grants to County Committees of Agriculture, 509; Dairy Disposals Company, 512-513; disposal of surplus potatoes, 523; expenditure and receipts in connection with foot and mouth disease, 528; the Cereals Distribution Committee, 547; continuance of efforts to recover levy due on slaughter of cattle and sheep recommended, 559; Dairy Produce (Price Stabilisation) Fund, 578-579, 672-744; advances for fishing boats and gear, 626; Slievardagh Coalfield Development Company, rate of interest and repayment of advances, 749-755; sugar-licence fees temporarily credited to suspense account, 775; Grand Canal Company take over barges, 791; Foynes-Limerick omnibus service, 793-799, 808; air service subsidy, 800; store accounting at Shannon Airport, 804; property and rentals of airports, 806; compensation to crews of ships registered in this country, 824; increased rates of unemployment assistance, 833; saving in connection with registration of agricultural and turf workers, 835; receipts from urban areas on account of unemployment assistance, revised contributions irregular, 836-849; trade loan advance to Peat Fuel Company, claim prior to Minister’s debenture, 850-852; advisory committee and the loan to the Ballysax Company, 854; assets of latter company, 856; estate migration settlements, apportionment of improvement costs, 861; assets of the Galway Granite Company, 913; sanction for exercise of virement in the Army Vote, 926; deficiencies in barrack service stores, basis of assessment of recoveries, 932-956; savings and deferred pay of soldiers, 957-974, 1055; revised procedure for purchase of provisions satisfactory, 975; effect of new regulation on kit deficiencies, 977; collection by Gárdaí of articles of kit from discharged Second Line Units, 981; payment for warlike stores prior to certified claims being made, 984; sanction for purchase and reconditioning of steel helmets, 989-991; deterioration of motor vehicles in possession of Revenue Commissioners, 993-998; claim for salvage, 999-1003; purchase of stretchers, 1004-1008; incidence of charge of hospital equipment, 1011; Construction Corps charges against Irish Tourist Board, 1014; cost of lighting private premises occupied by military, 1019; fire claim in connection with premises occupied by military, 1029; nugatory expenditure arising out of a scheme for transport of turf, 1031; recoveries arising out of incorrect claims of L.D.F. members not actively engaged, 1033; sanction for purchases of L.D.F. leggings purchased locally, 1038; denim uniforms to be written off, 1040; freight charges on medical supplies sent by American Red Cross Society, 1044; charges in respect of cutting of turf, not removed from bog, 1051; subsidies on flour and wheaten meal, 1069-1074; separate fees on licences issued by the Department of Supplies, 1080; remuneration of county surveyors executing minor employment schemes, 1091; sale of labour camp buildings to the Turf Development Board, 1095; over-estimate by the Turf Development Board of expenditure on wages, 1107; verification of wages sheets in connection with turf programme, 1109; details of expenditure on turf schemes for non-turf areas, 1112; sanction for local collection of bog rents, 1116; fees for commercial and statutory audits, 1125-1126.

Connolly, Mr. J.—Office of Public Works, 1-5; Public Works and Buildings, 6-34.

Damage to Property (Neutrality) Compensation—number of claims outstanding, 170-172; requirements regarding money due by persons in this country to residents in Germany, 173-176; local authorities not entitled to any share of surplus on subhead A, 177-179.

Deegan, Mr. M.—Lands, 861-868; Forestry, 869-911; Gaeltacht Industries, 912-925.

District Court—petrol shortage, effect on sittings, 60-62; local authority responsible for maintenance of court buildings, 63-65.

Duffy, Mr. J. A.—National Health Insurance, 398-422.

Dundrum Asylum—patients’ clothing in grey uniform, 294-295; small expenditure on medicines, 296-298; cures effected, 299-306.

Education, Office of the Minister for—no money spent on Irish vocabularies for use in schools, 181-185.

Education, Primary—increased average boarding cost in Preparatory Colleges, etc., 186; St. Patrick’s Training College, its reopening, position of staff during closure, 187-190; adverse effect of transport position on attendance of teachers at courses in Irish, 191-192; model schools, position as regards management, 193-194; grants for school requisites made only to new and reconstructed schools, 195-197; financing of heating and cleansing of schools, 198-200; grants no longer made for teachers’ residences, subhead disappearing 201-202; decline in number qualifying for grants to Irish-speaking families, 203-205.

Education, Secondary—supervision of contents of Irish Text Books, 206-209.

Emergency Scientific Research Bureau—fees received from applicants for investigations, their disposal, question of opening a subhead for appropriations-in-aid, 158-169, Appendix IV.

Employment Schemes—remuneration of county surveyors for agency work, 1091-1094; sale to Turf Development Board of labour camp buildings, 1095-1097; repayments and refunds of overpayments as extra exchequer receipts, 1098-1100.

External Affairs—measures taken to repatriate or maintain destitute Irish persons abroad, 484-488.

Ferguson, Mr. R. C.—Industry and Commerce, 748-787; Transport and Meteorological Services, 788-823; Railway Tribunal, 823; Marine Service, 824-832; Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment Assistance, 833-849; Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office, 849; Repayment of Trade Loan Advances, 850-860; Food Allowances, 860.

Finance, Minister of—Minute on Report, dated 24th February, 1944, of the Committee of Public Accounts, Appendix II.

Finance, Office of the Minister for—excess on the vote, its cause, 99-101; cost of Actuary, 101; extra receipts, increase due to purchase of stocks, etc., 102-106; telegrams and telephones, cause of excess in subhead, 107-108; claims for levy due on the slaughter of animals should be maintained, 557; payments from Dairy Produce (Price Stabilisation) Fund in addition to those from Vote for Agricultural Produce Subsidies, 692-745; estimation for research grants to students, 787; over-estimation by departments calculated in framing Budget, 931; deficiencies in barrack service stores, 938-953; provision for discharging deferred soldiers’ pay, 970-974; kit deficiencies, correction of previous evidence, 979; losses on motor lorries in possession of Revenue Commissioners, 996; contracts for stretchers for L.D.F., 1005-1006; Army account to be charged with hospitalization expenses, 1011; wages of Construction Corps for work done for Irish Tourist Board, 1016; recoveries in respect of damage to private premises occupied by troops, 1018A; cost of hire of tractor for Army, 1022-1028; sanction for nugatory expenditure on a turf transport scheme, 1032; grants for active membership of L.D.F., 1036; further payment for cutting turf for a military post, 1053.

Fisheries—all arrears of annuities due to the Sea Fisheries Association for advances for boats and gear paid up to date, 626-631; advances for general development, 632; unsatisfactory repayment of old fisheries loans, reasons for not writing these off, 633-642; no participation in whale fishing, 643-645; piscine disease in the Poulaphouca Reservoir, 646-665; advances for gear and nets confined to members of the Association, 666-671.

Fitzgerald, Mr. L. M.—See Finance, Department of.

Forestry—cause of less planting in recent years, 869; culture of quickly-maturing trees, 870-876; acquisition of land, 876-879; increased use of home-collected seed, 880-881; timber for commerce rather than for hedging produced, 882-883; remuneration and working conditions of students at the Avondale School, 884-899; Department sells only to private nurseries, 900-911.

Furlong, Dr. G. J.—National Gallery, 83-86.

Gárda Síochána—transfer of clothing from Army to L.S.F., 38-40; Summerhill Place of Detention superseded by new institution, 41-43; sale of cast Gárda uniforms, 44-45; appropriations in aid from the Road Fund, 47-49.

Gaeltacht Services—Galway Granite Company, writing-off of loss likely, 913-916; more permanent establishment of Gaeltacht industries, 917-925.

Hogan, Mr. G. P. S.—See Finance, Department of.

Hurson, Mr. J.—National Health Insurance, 398-422; Local Government and Public Health, 423-483.

Industry and Commerce—New York World Fair, supplementary vote taken to close suspense account, 748; Cómhlucht Gual-Láthrach Árdachadh, Teoranta, postponed payment of interest, progress of the company, amount of interest due, 749-757, Appendix IX; Cómhlucht Lorgtha agus Forbartha Mianraí Teoranta, postponed payment of interest, commercial prospects of production of pyrites, value of Clare phosphates, 758-774; fees in respect of sugar import licences credited as exchequer extra receipts, 775-776; allowances to officers of Prices Commission, 777; payments to Vocational Education Committees, 778, Appendix IX; Industrial Research Council available to industrial community for research work, 779-782; selection of students for research work, 783-787.

Irish Tourist Board—conditions governing issues from the Vote furnish a check on the Board’s activities, 109-111; only administration expenses included, 112; accounts audited by the Exchequer and Audit Office, details of items, 112-113.

Justice, Office of the Minister for—no censorship of plays, 35-36; Dáil Eireann Arbitration Court, return of money lodged in, 37.

Land Registry and Registry of Deeds—causes of delay in Land Registry, 68-73.

Lands—segregation of costs of improvements of estates between local men and migrants, 861; scope, extent and success of the migration activities of the Department, 862-864; excess of revenue over expenditure arising on untenanted lands, 865-868.

Law Charges—index of the Emergency Powers Orders, 135; law charges involved in various votes, question of vote for Department of Defence, 136-143.

Leydon, Mr. J.—Office of the Minister for Supplies, 1069-1090.

Local Government and Public Health—grants in respect of home assistance to certain persons, 423-425; instalment payments in respect of grants for supply of fuel to necessitous families, 426-427; training of native Irish speakers in midwifery, 428; improved position of audit of motor tax transactions of local authorities, 429; milk supply of City of Dublin and elsewhere, its condition, inspection, etc., 430-446; incidence of venereal disease in this country, 447-462; inspection of the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, 463-468; means test for Irish speaking entrants for examinations as hospital nurses, 469-483.

Mc Elligott, Mr. J. J.—Houses of the Oireachtas, 87-97; Department of the Taoiseach, 98; Office of the Minister for Finance, 99-108; Irish Tourist Board, 109-113; Commissions and Special Inquiries, 114-115; Super-annuation and Retired Allowances, 116-120; Rates on Government Property, 121-125; Secret Service, 126-130; Miscellaneous Expenses, 131-134; Law Charges, 135-143; Universities and Colleges, 144-151; Quit Rent Office, 152-157; Emergency Scientific Research Bureau, 158-169; Damage to Property (Neutrality) Compensation, 170-179; Repayments to the Contingency Fund, 180.

Mac Laughlin, Mr. E. J.—Employment Schemes, 1091-1100; Special Emergency, Schemes, 1101-1124.

MacMahon, Lieut-General P.—Army, 926-1063; Army Pensions, 1064-1068

Maher, Mr. J.—see Comptroller and Auditor General.

Marine Service—Emergency Orders regularise previous payments of war compensation, 824; awards of medals for gallantry, 825-826; receipts from wrecks, 827-830; Minister has no function regarding Irish Lights, 831-832.

Miscellaneous Expenses—institutions benefited, 131; conditions governing grant for the Irish Plate, 132-134.

Members of the Committee, Attendance of—Appendix XII.

National Gallery—acquisitions enumerated, 83; selection of pictures shown in emergency, 84-85; conducted tours in Gallery, 86.

National Health Insurance—payment of benefits to persons who have been temporarily employed in England, 398-413; failure of employees to stamp cards, remedy of employers who suffer loss, 414-419; expenditure on medical referees justified, 420-422.

O Faoilleacháin, S. R.—Stationery and Printing, 284-289.

O’Hegarty, Mr. P. S.—Posts and Telegraphs, 307-385; Wireless Broadcasting, 386-397.

Oireachtas, Houses of the—losses on the Restaurant, change in the basis of recoupment, 87-93; Inter-Parliamentary Union, basis of contribution to 94-97.

Old Age Pensions—fraudulent claims, revision of machinery to ensure that legal proceedings can be taken, 276-282 extra-statutory payments, nature of, 283.

Posts and Telegraphs—alteration in pre-Emergency contract for conveyance of mails by rail, 307-309; losses by default, etc., 310; appropriation of certain void postal orders, future figure an estimated, not an actual, one, 311-314; change in procedure for placing stores contracts, 315-316; improved stock-taking of postal and engineering stores, 317-325; stores held for other Departments, 326; losses due to fire in Post Office Factory, causes of the fire, precautions, etc., 327-335, Appendix V; rent receipts for shop premises attached to G.P.O., Dublin, 336-346, Appendix V; maintenance of postal vans, 347-353, Appendix V; packet services, at home and abroad, 354-356; efficiency of stamping machines, Appendix VI, 357-359, 1068; commemoration stamps, 358-360; damage to public kiosks, 361-364; telephone service, expedition of trunk calls, increase in number of kiosks, limitation of conversations, 365-385.

Prisons—manufacturing and farm accounts, 50; segregation of hardened criminals from first offenders, 51-59; education of young prisoners, 53.

Public Record Office—proper place of deposit of family muniments, 290-293.

Public Works and Buildings—new works, etc., change in form of statement of expenditure, 6; unsuitable site for a national school, 7-15 Report, par. 5; improvement in recovery of rents, 16-17; store-accounting of unserviceable furniture, 18-28; County Club, Waterford, compensation for commandeering of, 29-34.

Public Works, Office of—Insurance of workmen, 1-5.

Quit Rent Office—disappearance of the office in the future, 152-153; disposal of its records, 154-157.

Rates on Government Property—basis of payments which are ex gratia, 121-123; rates on property occupied by external representatives, 124-125.

Report of Committee—Interim, p. iv. Final, p. vi.

Reformatory and Industrial Schools—adequacy of accommodation at Daingean, 241-244; closing of Summerhill Place of Detention, 245-247; conditions at Marlborough House, Glasnevin, 247-257; records of punishment, 258-259; inspection of hours of work in these schools, 260-269.

Repayment of Trade Loans Advances—claim, prior to that of the Minister, to certain property of the Peat Fuel Company, 850-854; no recommendation by the Advisory Committee in the case of the Ballysax Brick and Tile Company, 851-855, Appendix IX, Report, par. 9; all assets of the latter company accounted for, 856; scope of recommendations of advisory committees, 857-860.

Repayments to Contingency Fund—means test before making grant for triplets, 180; new subheads opened (Vote 25), 180.

Revenue Commissioners, Office of the—extra-statutory repayments, nature of, 270; remissions of duty, cause of increase in, 271; losses of publicans and tobacco dealers’ licence duty, revision of procedure, 273-275; machines for production of postage stamps, Appendix VI; damage to lorries at Rockhill military post, Appendix X.

Roche, Mr. S. A.—Office of the Minister for Justice, 35-37; Gárda Síochána, 38-49; Prisons, 50-59; District Court, 60-65; Supreme Court and High Court of Justice, 66-67; Land Registry and Registry of Deeds, 68-73; Circuit Court, 74-82.

Science and Art—notification of discoveries to the National Museum, 216-218; Gúm publications not submitted to Censor, case of Nuala de Barra, 219-235; scheme for continuation of publication of county (or area) histories, 236-240.

Seroope, Dr. G. W.—Dundrum Asylum, 294-306.

Secret Service—large surplus for surrender, 126; relation of dispensing Minister and Comptroller and Auditor-General as regards audit, 127-130.

Special Emergency Schemes—turf development schemes, conditions of repayment of advances, profitable undertaking at Lyracrompane, failure of hand-won turf schemes, 1101-1106; overestimate for production of turf for use in non-turf areas, 1101-1108; Department of Finance concur in system of check on wages accounts furnished by Turf Board, 1109-1111, Report, par. 16; details of expenditure on schemes of turf production for use in non-turf areas, 1112; detailed expenditure on farm improvements schemes, Department of Agriculture as agents, 1113-1115; covering sanction given for local collection of bog rents by Inspectors, 1116-1117; fuel production scheme by Forestry Division of Land Commission, 1118-1122; inspection prior to farm improvement grant, 1123-1124.

Stationery and Printing—progress of translation into Irish of New Testament, 284-286; new edition of the Oireachtas Handbook, 287-289.

Superannuation and Retired Allowances—extra-statutory grants, details of two cases, 116-117; extra remuneration, details of various cases, 118-120.

Supplies. Office of the Minister for—Flour and wheatenmeal subsidies, 1069-1073A; basis of subsidy paid to a wheaten meal miller, 1074-1076; subsidy on batch bread and freight reductions, 1077-1079; fees for issue of import licences, 1080-1082; release to manufacturers of imported raw sugar, 10831089; increase in staff, 1090; temporary overpayment of flour subsidy, reply to Minute of Minister for Finance, Report, par. 2.

Supreme Court and High Court of Justice—special subhead opened for Judges’ travelling expenses, 66; vacancy in High Court, 67.

Taoiseach, Department of—Minister’s motor car, purchase and running expenses, 98.

Technical Instruction—two successful youth training centres in Dublin, 210-215.

Transport and Meteorological Services—construction of barges for hire to the Grand Canal Company, 788-793; profitable omnibus service from Limerick to Shannon Airport at Foynes, 794-799; subsidy to Aer Rianta Teoranta, hopes for its elimination, 800-802; cause of delay in store-accounting at Shannon Airport, 804-805; rentals accrue as appropriations in aid, 806; wages of a bus conductor, 807-808; subsidy for air services at Collinstown, 809; payment for management of Dublin airport, 810-815; vacancy for Deputy Director of Meteorological Services, 816-817; reciprocal service of telegrams and telephones, 818-821; Rosse Fund, 823.

Twomey, Mr. D.—Agriculture, 489-625; Fisheries, 626-671; Agricultural Produce Subsidies, 672-748, 1127-1150.

Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment Assistance—increased unemployment rates paid under Emergency Order, 833; comparatively little advantage taken of the Special Register for Agricultural and Turf Workers, 835; disputes with local authorities regarding basis of unemployment receipts under Acts of 1933 and 1938, irregular adjustment by the Department pending amendment of legislation, 836-844, Report, par. 8; cost of administration of unemployment assistance, 844-849.

Universities and Colleges—grant-in-aid of the School of Physic of Trinity College, Dublin, 144-145; history of grant to T.C.D. under Land Act, 1923, 146-147; grant-in-aid to Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, its origin, etc., 148-151.

Walshe, Mr. J. P.—External Affairs, 484-488.

Wann, Mr. W. E.—Comptroller and Auditor General’s Account, 1125-1126.

Wireless Broadcasting—payments made in connection with Question Time in provincial centres, 386-392, Appendix V; reason for non-establishment of a short-wave station.

Witnesses—List of, p. 154.