§ MAJOR DARWIN (Staffordshire Lichfield)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, with reference to his announcement on 22nd March that a Committee would investigate the question as to whether certain fares charged on the Metropolitan District Railway were or were not illegal, and, that the Committee, from causes over which he had no control, failed to investigate the subject, whereupon, on 8th September, he undertook to look into unsatisfactory administration of the law j the matter and to certify to the Attorney in the Highlands, I shall take an early General in accordance with the Cheap opportunity of bringing the question Trains Act of 1844, any steps have yet been taken by the Board of Trade to in- 327 vestigate the subject, and, if necessary, to prevent the charging of illegal fares?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. MUNDELLA,) Sheffield, BrightsideA case has been prepared and submitted to counsel and a conference fixed; but owing to the unfortunate indisposition of the Treasury Counsel, this has been postponed, and the matter is now awaiting his return to Chambers.