§ MR. LAIRDsaid, he wished to ask the First Commissioner of Works, Whether any correspondence has taken place between the Office of Works and Board of Trade in reference to the very inadequate office accommodation for carrying on the business of the Marine Department of that Board; and, if any communications have passed, whether he will state to the House the nature of them, and lay all Documents 1225 on this subject upon the table of the House?
§ MR. COWPERsaid, in reply, that steps had been taken for increasing the accommodation of the Marine Department of the Board of Trade, and that on a future day he would lay on the table the documents bearing upon the subject.