§ MR. BAILLIE COCHRANEasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, What is the rule laid down as to the printing of the Reports of Her 1340 Majesty's Secretaries of Embassies and Legations on the manufactures and commerce of the countries in which they reside, and why some very important Reports, such as that of Mr. Trench on the Finance of the United States, and Mr. Drummond on the Silver Currency question, have not been printed?
§ MR. BOURKE,in reply, said, that those Reports were printed as fast as possible after they were received. There was, however, a very large amount of business before the Government printers, and that fact made it impossible sometimes for them to print the Reports as speedily as was desired. The Reports referred to by the hon. Gentleman were very voluminous, and would necessarily take a good deal of time to print them. He could only say that the Government were anxious to give the public the full benefit of those Reports as soon as possible.