From time to time steps have been taken to assist in relieving the situation by special measures operating in Government industrial establishments. A short-time system was introduced into War Office and Admiralty establishments to spread employment. The highest number of additional men thus engaged was 9,900. No additional men are now employed. Alternative work, e.g. waggon repairing, manufacture of medals, coin-blanks, locomotives, new wagons and miscellaneous articles for the Post Office and for private firms, has been carried out in War Office and Admiralty establishments. The highest number of men employed thereon was 8,800. The Office of Works undertook an emergency programme of decorative and repair work in Government Departments during the winter 1920-21, when the highest number of additional men thus engaged was 2,600. During the winter 1921-22, this Department also undertook relief work in the Royal Parks, the highest number of additional men employed on this work being 390. The expenditure in both classes of scheme was about £127,000. The sum of £563,000 was also set aside during the winter 1921-22 for accelerating Government contracts whereby employment was found for some 600 men. Summary of National Expenditure As between the Armistice and May 19, 1922, there has been devoted to the relief of unemployment out of public funds the total sum of £281,216,460, under the following heads: 1. _Granted by Government:_ £ (1) Unemployment Relief Works 26,819,600 (2) Out-of-Work Donation and Unemployment Benefit 144,000,000 (3) Resettlement Training } Civil Liabilities } 31,972,000 Overseas Settlement } (4) Export Credits Scheme 26,000,000 (5) Guarantee of Loans 25,000,000 (6) Accelerated Government Contracts 563,000 (7) Land Settlement of Ex-Service Men 1,523,860 (8) Loans to County Councils for Small Holdings for Ex-Service Men 12,269,000 ----------- 268,147,460 2. _Appropriations from Non-Government Sources:_ (1) Contributions by Local Authorities to 1 (1) above 12,694,000 (2) Contributions from National Relief Fund to 1 (3) above 375,000 ------------ £281,216,460 ------------