§ MR. HUMEsaid, he wished to ask the noble Lord at the head of the Government whether any reduction was to be made in the Poor Law Board and its establishments this year?
§ LORD J. RUSSELLsaid, that last year, under the direction of his lamented Friend, Mr. C. Buller, the Poor Law Board and its establishments had been placed on as efficient and economical a footing as had been considered possible. The subject had since been under the consideration of the Committee on the Miscellaneous Estimates; and they had not, he believed, recommended any reduction in that branch of the public service. He did not expect that it would be practicable to make any reduction in the present year.