By the appointment of Mr. Hanbury to the Board Of

Agriculture, the reconstructed Cabinet is now oomplete as follows :—

Lord Chancellor... ... Prime Minister and Lord Privy Seal... Lord Salisbury.

Lord Halsbury.

Lord President of the Council Duke of Devonshire.

Chancellor of the Exchequer ... Sir M. Hicks-Beach.

Home Secretary' Mr. Ritchie.

... •••

Foreign Secretary ... Lord Lansdowne.

Colonial Secretary ... ••• Mr. Chamberlain.

Secretary for War ... Mr. Brodrick.

Secretary for India Lord George Hamilton.

Secretary for Scotland ... Lord Balfour of Burleigh.

First Lord of the Admiralty Lord Selborne.

First Lord of the Treasury Mr. Balfour.

Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland Lord Cadogan. Lord Chancellor of Ireland ... ••• Lord Ashbourne.

President of the Board of Trade ... Mr. Gerald Balfour.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Lord James of Hereford. President of Local Government Board Mr. Walter Long. President of the Board of Agriculture Mr. Hanbury. Works and Public Buildings Mr. Akers Douglas.

It is said that Lord Londonderry, the Postmaster-General, is to be admitted to the Cabinet, in which case the number of Cabinet Ministers will be raised to twenty. The inevitable result of this increase in numbers will be to confirm the power of the inner Cabinet, which is in itself a grave eon- s titntional innovation.