Mechanised methods of accounting are already in use in the Maintenance Command of the R.A.F.; in all Area Headquarters of the Air Ministry Works Department in the United Kingdom; in the Base Accounts Office where the pay accounts of airmen in Germany are kept; in the branch of the Air Min- istry where Income Tax is recorded; and in a number of other branches in my Department. I am now considering whether mechanised methods can be used in dealing with the pay and allowances of all sections of the R.A.F.; these methods will be introduced in other parts of our accounting system as and when it is possible and advantageous so to do.