§ MR. W. H. SMITHasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he will authorize the Registrar General to allow the School Board for London, at their own cost, to extract from the Census Papers the following particulars in reference to all children in the metropolis between the ages of three and thirteen; the name, sex, and age; whether a scholar or not; and, the occupation of the parent?
MR. BRUCE, in reply, said, it would only be possible to obtain Returns of the number of children in London by suspending the operations of the Census for six weeks or two months; but the matter should be gone into carefully to see whether it would be possible to allow the London School Board to extract the Returns without undue interference with the Census operations. Of course, the privilege if accorded to London must be extended to other places which required the information.