MR. BLAKEMOREsaid, he would beg to ask the Vice President of the Board of Trade whether it was the intention of Her Majesty's Government to introduce any measure during the course of the present Session for the collecting of Agricultural Statistics; and, if so, whether it would comprehend any regulation for the measure in bushels or gallons, or the weight in pounds, whereby the sale and purchase of wheat and other grain shall be compulsorily fixed; and also whether it would contain any regulations whereby the quantities and average prices of wheat and other grain sold in the various counties of England and Wales should be more correctly ascertained.
§ MR. LOWESir, Her Majesty's Government have no intention to introduce a Bill this Session on the subject of agricultural statistics.
MR. BLAKEMOREsaid, he should then give notice that on as early a day as possible, before Easter, he should call attention to the subject.