HC Deb 20 February 1899 vol 66 c1445
MR. WEIR

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, having regard to the fact that the 47th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests was signed as far back as the 28th June, will he state why it was not published until the middle of December?

MR. HANBURY

The Report was sent to the printers on the 4th of July, and was published on the 26th of November, not in the middle of December. I agree with the honourable Member that the time occupied was excessive. The proofs sent to the Office of Woods appear to have been revised and returned with fair promptitude; but I think undue time was taken by the printers.

MR. WEIR

It was the middle of December and not the 26th November when this Report was received.

MR. HANBURY

I think the honourable Member is wrong.

MR. WEIR

I can assure the right honourable Gentleman I am quite right.