§ MR. WHEELHOUSEasked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether he can and will arrange for the gratuitious distribution among the several Free Libraries instituted throughout the three Kingdoms of some of the duplicate copies of the books and papers now stored on the shelves or in the cellars of our several public departmental offices, with a view to such books, &c, becoming more extensively circulated and used, especially in the provinces?
§ MR. W. H. SMITH, in reply, said, he was hardly able to tell to what books and papers his hon. Friend referred. If, however, his hon. Friend would let him know privately or publicly to what books and papers he alluded, he would make inquiries and see what could be done with a view to meeting his wishes.