§ Moved that there be laid before this House, Return of the Rolling Stock of the Railway Companies in the United Kingdom; showing the number of vehicles that run with passenger trains or otherwise which have the tyres fastened on to the rims of the wheels by bolts, set screws, or rivets, or by any other species of tyre fastening, specifying the same. [Then a tabular form of Return is set out.]—(The Earl De La Warr.)
LORD COLVTLLEsaid, if the noble Earl had been as assiduous in his attendance at the meetings of the Railway Commission as the Duke of Buckingham its Chairman had been, he might have known that the very information for which he now asked had been in many instances obtained by the Commission. The Return would be valueless unless it was extended to the waggons belonging to the colliery owners and other traders of this country.
§ THE EARL OF DUNMOREwas willing, on behalf of the Board of Trade, to undertake, on condition of the noble Earl withdrawing his Motion, to move for a Return more full than that which was asked for in the Motion before the House, but not so full as was desired by the noble Lord who had just addressed the House.
§ EARL DE LA WARRsaid, that after what had fallen from the noble Earl he should not persist in the Motion he had brought forward.
§ Motion (by leave of the House) withdrawn.