§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAIN (Birmingham, W.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury when the Returns relating to Joint Stock Companies, for which an Address was agreed to on 18th June 1888, and which were promised by him on the 11th December, will be laid upon the Table of the House?
§ * THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. H. SMITH,) Strand, WestminsterI regret that delay has taken place in the issue of these Returns, but I am assured that they will be circulated on Wednesday next.