§ MR. HANBURY (Preston)asked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether the Government will grant a Return showing the mileage of each of the Railway and Canal Companies of the United Kingdom, explaining in the case of each Canal the extent to which it is under the control of any Railway Company, and accompanied by a map showing the whole of the Railway and Canal systems of the Country?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Mr. MUNDELLA) (Sheffield, Brightside)The information which the hon. Member wishes for with regard to the railways will be found in the Returns which are annually laid before Parliament; and the information with regard to Canals can be found in the Appendix to the Report of the Committee of both Houses of Parliament on Railway Amalgamation, which was appointed in the Session of 1872. Very few changes have been made since that date. If the hon. Member still wishes to move for the information I shall be glad to confer with him on the subject, as the Return will be costly.