§ MR. CHANNING (Northampton, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether, if any further information is necessary as to the nature and extent and probable causes of the agricultural depression, he will consider the advisability of obtaining this information by local inquiries, under the direction of the Board, similar to the local inquiries made under the Richmond Commission?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. H. GARDNER,) Essex, Saffron WaldenI think that it will be better to leave to the Committee the means by which the information they require may best be obtained. Any assistance the Committee may desire the Department to render, either in the direction indicated in the question or otherwise, we shall, of course, supply to the best of our power.