§ MR. A. M. BROOKFIELD (Sussex, Rye)I beg to ask the President of the 808 Board of Agriculture whether he has now considered the possibility of making some improvement in the present method of estimating the hop crop for the Annual Returns; and whether he is prepared, if it may seem to be desirable, to make some increase in the number of local estimators, and, where necessary, to order greater care to be taken in their selection and appointment?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTUREI am giving attention to the representations made to us on the subject to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers, and am in communication with the Inland Revenue Department respecting them. At present, however, I am not in a position to come to any final conclusion in the matter.