§ MR. CHANNING (Northampton, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the date of the last certified table of distances measured by the authority of the Commissioner of Police, under the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act; and whether there has been a re-measurement of distances since the opening of Shaftesbury Avenue, Constitution Hill, and other new thoroughfares; and, if not, whether a now measurement will now be made?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. MATTHEWS, Birmingham, E.)I am informed by the Commissioner that the last issue of the book of table of distances was in 1878, the measurements being then up to date. A revision is now being made of all the tables, which are 10 years old, and the revised measurements will be according to the nearest routes.