§ MR. CAIRDsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he will state to the House, and lay upon the table, the substance of the replies by the Courts of Quarter Sessions to his circular on the subject of Agricultural Statistics.
§ SIR GEORGE GREYstated in reply, that in some cases the replies were to the effect that the police might be employed in the collection of agricultural statistics, but in the majority of instances the Courts of Quarter Sessions expressed an opinion unfavourable to the employment of the police. That opinion, however, was in some cases accompanied by another, to the effect that it was desirable that agricultural statistics should be collected. The replies would be produced if the hon. Member moved for them.