§ LIEUT.-COLONEL PRYCE- JONESI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether the inquiries into the possibility of the reduction of the number of workhouses in the county of Montgomery have been completed; if not, when does he hope to complete the same.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (MR. Chaplin,) Lincolnshire, SleafordInquiries have been made upon this subject, but no representations by any of the local authorities, or by the ratepayers interested, have been received by the Local Government Board on the matter.