§ MR. ELLIS GRIFFITH () AngleseyTo ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether, having regard to the fact that the Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III., 1339-1341, and the Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI., 1422-1429, contain numerous mistakes in Welsh personal and place names, he will give instructions that in future such calendars of the Public Records as are issued, and contain entries of Welsh personal or place names, should be submitted to a competent Welsh scholar before publication.
(Answered by Mr. Hayes Fisher.) I am informed that the errors referred to are not numerous or important, and that the 907 percentage of errors is not higher in Welsh names than in English or foreign names. While the editors of the calendars are always glad to receive the help of competent scholars and to give careful consideration to any suggestions, it is not considered desirable to adopt the course proposed, which would cause great delay in the progress of the calendars, and which would necessitate similar action in the case of all other proper1 names.