§ MR. T. E. ELLIS (Merionethshire)asked the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education, How soon, and what, steps will be taken to complete and publish information respecting the amount and disposition of charities in Wales and Monmouthshire?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT (Sir WILLIAM HART DYKE) (Kent, Dartford)I can only refer the hon. Member to the statements made in the course of the debate on the Vote for the Charity Commission by my hon. Friend the Secretary to the Treasury and myself, to the effect that the information required could not be obtained without an increase of the staff of the Commission. Much information on this subject is to be found in Lord Robert Montagu's Return of 1866–1876, in which the particulars of the Charities then known to exist are stated county by county. On any specific point the Charity Commissioners will be ready to furnish the hon. Member with information, if he will call at their Office.