§ SIR WILLIAM WEDDERBURN (Banffshire)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, whether, with reference to the proposals recently submitted to the Treasury for the reorganisation of the Statistical Department of the Customs, and in respect of which an inquiry by a Committee was made, he can state how the question now stands, and when the decision of the Treasury will be communicated to the Commissioners of Customs?
THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. R, W. HANBURY,) PrestonCertain questions relating to the future organisation of the Statistical Department of the Board of Customs are now under consideration by the Board of Treasury, and a decision will be arrived at as soon as possible.