§ MR. R. POWER (Waterford)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he has any objection to lay upon the Table of the House any applications which, during the course of the past 18 months, have been forwarded to the Lords of the Treasury by Mr. J. S. Purcell, C.B., the Controller of Stamps, on the subject of the remuneration paid him for controlling the manufacture of Indian stamps and stamped papers, together with any Reports addressed to their Lordships by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue relative thereto, and any replies to the same which have been sent from the Treasury to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or to Mr. Purcell; and whether a further appeal from Mr. Purcell, dated the 21st April last, has been received at the Treasury; and, if so, whether any reply has been made thereto?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. JACKSON,) Leeds, N.It would be very unusual to lay on the Table the correspondence which may have passed between different Departments of the Government. There are very strong 657 objection to such a course. The matter is now under consideration, and, of course, a reply will be made to the further appeal of Mr. Purcell.