MR. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the total number of publications coming within the definition of a newspaper, as defined by Statute, which are published by Government Departments, and also the name of each newspaper as published and the name of the person registered as its proprietor; and whether in each case the same personal responsibility, criminal and civil, attaches to the registered proprietor as would attach to him were he a private individual, or whether that responsibility is by understanding and in practice understood to be only nominal, and to be covered by the Treasury?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Sir J. T. HIBBERT,) OldhamSo far as I know, the only publications of the kind which appear to come within 796 the definition in the Act 44 & 45 Vict., c. 60, Section 1, are The London and Dublin Gazettes, The Police Gazettes, London and Dublin, The Illustrated, Journal of Patents, The Trade Marks Journal, and The Customs Bills of Entry. I am not aware whether these publications are registered under the Act, but I am making inquiries. The Board of Trade Journal, The Labour Gazette, The Kew Bulletin, and the proposed Board of Agriculture Journal do not appear to come within the definition. I am afraid that I am not competent to answer the legal points raised in the question.