§ COLONEL LOCKWOOD (Essex, Epping)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the certificate given to Professor Schafer, in accordance with the provisions of the Act 39 and 40 Vic, c. 77, permits him partially to drown and then resuscitate the same dog without any anæsthetics more than once; and, if so, how many times; or permits him partially to drown and then resuscitate the same dog without any anæsthetics only once; and, if so, how many dogs has he permission so partially to drown and resuscitate.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers Douglas.) The certificates obtained by Professor Schafer for the purpose of testing the best means of effecting resuscitation in cases of apparent drowning are limited to ten experiments. It is not stated whether the experiments shall be on ten separate dogs, or whether the same dog will be used for more than one experiment; but I have ascertained that Professor Schafer does not propose
§ agricultural labourers and general labourers respectively are included in the Census returns of 1901 for the four provinces of Ireland, and how many were returned under the Census of 1891.
§ (Answered by Mr. Wyndham.)
§ to submerse any unanæsthetised animal more than once.