§ MR. E. JENKINSasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether any proper examination has been made, under the direction of the Local Government Board, of the Liernur system of sewage; and, if he will lay upon the Table of the House, Copies of the following Correspondence:—A. Scott to the Committee, 25th September 1875, and E. Rawlinson's reply thereto; A. Scott to E. Rawlinson, 26th October 1876; E. Rawlinson to A. Scott, 27th October 1876; A. Scott to Local Government Board, 3rd January 1877; Reply to ditto; A. Scott to E. Rawlinson, 2nd May 1877; Reply to ditto: A. Scott to E. Rawlinson, 13th June 1877; Letter of Dr. Egeling and A. Scott on Public Health, 1st June 1877?
MR. SCLATEE-BOOTHAbout two years ago I caused a general inquiry to be made into existing systems of sewage disposal in respect of which money had been borrowed with sanction of the Government. The inquiry was undertaken by my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Mr. Clare Read), then Parliamentary Secretary, and Mr. Rawlinson, Chief Engineering Inspector, of the Local Government Board. In the course of their proceedings incidental to the inquiry they examined, with, I think, sufficient minuteness, into the Liernur system, and the result of their examination will be found in the Report which has been presented to both Houses of Parliament. The letters specified in the Question of the hon. Member were neither addressed to nor written by the 391 Local Government Board or myself, and I cannot therefore undertake to lay them on the Table of the House.