MR. ASPINALL TURNERsaid, he would beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, Whether the Government 132 did not recently institute an inquiry, through the Collectors of Excise, as to the condition of the Paper Trade; and, if so, whether he has any objection to lay a Copy of the Correspondence before the House?
§ MR. MILNER GIBSONsaid, in reply, that the Government had not instituted any inquiry through the Collectors of Excise into the condition of the Paper Trade, and there was no official correspondence upon the subject.