COLONEL BERESFORDasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he would explain why no settlement has been made in respect of the claims of the owners and occupiers of property taken under the Whitechapel 1544 and Limehouse Improvement Scheme, as provided by "The Artizans Dwellings Act, 1875?"
MR. ASSHETON CROSS,in reply, said, he was informed that the award of Sir Henry Hunt, the arbitrator appointed to inquire into the matter referred to in the Question of the hon. and gallant Member, was now ready, and that it would be sent to the Home Office in a few days.