§ MR. HOWELLI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Report on Trade Unions for 1891, by the Labour Corre- 243 spondent to the Board of Trade, is not yet published; whether he can give to the House any information as to the date when that Report will be issued; and whether it is the intention of the Department to delay the issue until the Reports for 1892 are complete, so as to issue a double volume as on the last occasion?
§ MR. MUNDELLAThe Report on Trade Unions for 1891 by the Labour Correspondent to the Board of Trade is now in the press, and will be circulated as a separate volume. The hon. Member may not be aware that the Return cannot be ready until long after the year to which it relates, as only a limited number of Trade Unions make Returns direct to the Board of Trade, in consequence of which some Returns did not in the present instance reach the Department until November, 1892.