§ MR. LOCKEsaid, he would beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, Why certain Returns connected with the Metropolis Local Management Act, moved for and granted on the 3rd of April, 1868, have not yet been presented?
§ MR. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, in reply, said, the Returns related to local taxation in the metropolis, and the reason of the delay was the non-return of answers to the inquiries of the Home Office from some of the local authorities. Part of the information asked for was already contained in Returns before the House, and still more would be seen in a comprehensive Return, moved for by the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the close of the last Session. He would communicate with the hon. Member, and take steps to obtain, with as little delay as possible, such of the desired information as was not already before Parliament.