The third rule was that the greater proportion of the relief granted should be given not in money but in kind, i.e. goods supplied on presentation of an order drawn on the Guardians’ own out-relief distribution stores or on local tradesmen. Guardians were further urged to make, by way of loan, all relief given to or on account of any person over twenty-one, or to his wife or any member of his family under sixteen, in cases where there was a reasonable prospect of the recipient being able to repay within a reasonable period. Ascertainment of Applicant’s Income A very important scheme for the voluntary registration of income from public sources such as pensions, allowances or grants from the Ministry of Pensions, or Local War Pensions Committees, unemployment benefit under the Unemployment Insurance Acts, dependents’ allowances under the Unemployed Workers’ Dependents (Temporary Provision) Act, 1921, and from other sources, was put into operation with great success in certain local districts under the auspices of the National Council of Social Service, which pressed the general adoption of the scheme upon the Government. A somewhat analogous scheme was later outlined by the Minister of Health for districts where such voluntary registration schemes were not in operation, which is described in Circular 261 dated November 23, 1921, and provided that similar information should be communicated by the Government Departments concerned to Boards of Guardians. At the same time, the Minister warmly endorsed the principle of voluntary registration. Guardians ought, of course, before giving out-door relief, to ascertain the weekly income of all the members of an applicant’s household. The only sources of income which are not to be included are the first 5_s._ received from a Friendly Society as sick pay (Outdoor Relief (Friendly Societies) Act, 1904) and the first 7_s._ 6_d._ of sickness benefit (National Insurance Act, 1911, as amended by the National Health Insurance Act, 1920). On the other hand, Section 6 of the Unemployed Workers’ Dependents (Temporary Provision) Act, 1921, suspended during the currency of that Act (i.e. up to May 10, 1922) the provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, forbidding Guardians to take account of the first 10_s._ of unemployment benefit. Section 14 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1922, made this suspension permanent and further enables benefit due to any person in respect of any period to be paid to the Guardians, if and so far as they have given that person out-door relief which they would not have given if the benefit had been punctually paid. Assistance to Guardians to Carry out Works