§ MR. PELLasked the President of the Local Government Board, with reference to the Return "Local Authorities Receipts and Expenditure, 1872," Why the terms of the Order of this House, dated July 16th, 1872, have been departed from; and, as the accounts of the County Authorities in this Return are brought up to September 29th, 1872, why the accounts of the School Boards up to the same date, amounting in expenditure to about £280,000 for the year then ending are omitted, though the abstract of such accounts appeared in the last Report of the Committee of Council on Education?
§ MR. SCLATER-BOOTH,in reply to the first Question of the hon. Member, said, that according to information he had received, the Returns in question were made out as accurately as was practicable, considering the information at the disposal of the Local Government Office. With respect to the second Question, the Returns for the school boards would be found included in the gross totals. In future the school board Returns would be presented in a separate form.