§ MR. ARNOLDSir, I beg to ask the Prime Minister a Question of which I have given him private Notice. Whether the Royal Commission on Agriculture will, in regard to their Report, have the co-operation of Mr. Goschen and of the Lord President of the Council; and, if not, whether, in view of so serious a loss, the Government will nominate other Gentlemen to serve on the Commission?
MR. GLADSTONESir, my noble Friend the Lord President of the Council (Earl Spencer) has resigned his seat on the Royal Agricultural Commission. I 786 need not say that Mr. Goschen, on account of his employment elsewhere, has been led to take the same step, and he will be quite unable to perform the duties of a Commissioner for some time. Her Majesty's Government, under the circumstances, have thought it right to supply their places; and they have obtained the services of Lord Carlingford, and of my right hon. Friend the Member for Halifax (Mr. Stansfeld).