§ LORD BALCARRESI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the nature of the documents removed from the Colonial Office for the destruction of which authority is now being sought by an additional rule under 40 and 41 Vic., c. 55, and 61 and 62 Vic., c. 12.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThe documents referred to are those which are not of sufficient public value to justify their preservation in the Public Record Office. The object of the additional rule is to enable such documents to be transferred to Colonial Governments, if so desired in any case, instead of being destroyed under the provisions of the existing rules.