§ MR. HOWELL (Bethnal Green, N.E.)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, If the Government will, during the recess, consider the advisability of issuing in a cheap octavo form a new edition of the Revised Statutes, with index and tables up to date, with the view of bringing the Statute Law of England within the means and reach of a larger class of readers?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Lord RANDOLPH CHURCHILL) (Paddington, S.), in reply, said, the Government would, consider the advisability of carrying out the proposal referred to, provided always that the new edition could be issued without loss to the Treasury.