§ MR. PICTON (Leicester)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can inform the House what progress has been made with the Return of Church Revenues, ordered in 1888, on the Motion of the right honourable J. G. Hubbard, and when it is likely to be laid upon the Table?
§ MR. MATTHEWSI am informed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners that very considerable progress has been made with the preparation of this Return, and the first portion will be ready for presentation about 1st June next.