24 OCTOBER 1908, Page 2

The Times on Friday has an interesting article devoted to

the amount of money which is likely to be expended under the Government's scheme. It states that the loans to local authorities which will be sanctioned by the Local Government Board amount to £1,592,000. The London County Council are expected to spend half-a-million on various public schemes, while the Metropolitan Water Board's new reservoir will cost £520,000, and the new asylum at Wandsworth £100,000. To this is to be added the Admiralty and War Office expenditure to the amount of £400,000, and the central grant from the State of £300,000. This means that expenditure to the amount of £3,412,000 is already in sight. In addition, there will no doubt be a good deal of provincial expenditure not included under the head of loans.