§ LORD ROBERT MONTAGUsaid, he rose to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether a Commission is to be appointed to inquire into the state of the rivers of England, and 1102 the best means of remedying the pollution of rivers by mines and factories; and, if so, whether he will lay upon the table a I Copy of the Instructions given to that Commission; and how soon it is expected that the Commission will have completed the inquiry?
§ SIR GEORGE GREY, in reply, said, a Commission, consisting of three persons possessing engineering and chymical knowledge, had been appointed to make inquiries in certain districts in which the principal manufactures were carried on upon the subject intimated by the noble Lord. He had no objection to produce a copy of the Commission and also a copy of the Letter of Instruction addressed to the Commissioners, indicating the basis upon which their inquiry should be carried on. It was impossible to say how soon these inquiries would be concluded,