§ SIR EARDLEY WILMOTasked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether the revised Index of Patents, promised some time ago to the Associated Chambers of Commerce, has been completed; and, if so, when it will be pnblished?
§ MR. CHAMBERLAIN,in reply, said, he was not aware that any promise had been made on the subject. But he was informed that a revised Index between 1817 and 1852 was nearly completed, and that the very important Index from 1852 to the present time would be proceeded with almost immediately. He had, in view of the passing of the Patents Bill, asked for a report of such matters as might be required if the Bill passed into law.