COLONEL BUNCOMBEsaid, he wished to ask the President of the Poor Law Board, If it his intention to introduce, during the present Session, a Bill for the purpose of placing the rating of mines on a more satisfactory footing?
MR. BRUCEsaid, in reply, that the subject has been under the consideration of the Poor Law Board for a considerable time; but under the great pressure of business in the office it was impossible that a Bill dealing with it could be brought forward in the present Session.