§ MR. D. A. THOMASTo ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the forthcoming discussion into the relative merits of different fiscal systems, he will cause a reprint to be made of Parliamentary Paper No. 299, of session 1825, giving the rates of wages in various districts, the extent to which the practice of paying the wages of agricultural labour out of the poor rates prevailed at the time, and the conditions relating to marriage and number of children under which assistance was given.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) I do not think any useful purpose would be served by republishing this old Return.