§ DR. SHIPMAN (Northampton)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of inspections of registered places made during the year 1903 by the inspectors appointed under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, in England and Scotland and in Ireland, and how many inspections have been made of each registered place.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas.) The number of visits paid by the inspectors to registered places in England and Scotland was 325, or an average of five visits to each place. Most of the places were visited thrice during the year. I have made inquiries as regards Ireland, and am informed that no record has been kept of the visits to registered places in Dublin, but that it is 401 the rule that each registered place in Ireland shall be visited at least twice a year.