§ MR. FIRTHasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether the Reports upon the London Water Supply, prepared by Dr. Tidy, Dr. Olding, and Dr. Crookes, and which are circulated as being Reports "presented to the President of the Local Government Board," are prepared with the authority or at the request or expense of the Local Government Board?
§ MR. DODSONSir, these Reports are not prepared with the authority or at the request or expense of the Local Government Board. They are prepared at the request, and I presume at the expense, of the Water Companies. They are addressed to the Board; but this is a purely voluntary proceeding on the part of their authors.