§ MR. SMALLasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether the Local Government Board has received from two of the guardians complaint as to Mr. Bliss, the Master of the Poland Street Workhouse of the Westminster Union, being out frequently and late; and, whether the Board intends to take any steps with regard to the guardians' letter?
MR. GEORGE RUSSELLSir, the Board have received a letter from the Guardians drawing attention to the hours at which, on certain days, the master has returned to the workhouse; and the Board have asked the Guardians to obtain the master's explanatory observations and transmit them to the Board.