§ MR. WILLIAM JONES (Carnarvonshire, Arfon)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he will state the number of children in the metropolitan poor law schools at the date of the last Return.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. WALTER LONG, Bristol, S.)The number of children in the metropolitan district and separate schools on the 20th April last, was 9,527.