§ MR. LUTTRELL (Devonshire, Tavistock)To ask the hon. Member for the Barnstaple Division, as representing the Charity Commissioners, whether his attention has been drawn to the Report of the Royal Commissioners, 1907, on the Courtenay Almshouses in Tavistock; and whether the Earl of Devon is responsible for the continuance of this charity.
(Answered by Mr. Soares.) I am not aware of any Report having been made by Royal Commissioners in 1907 on this charity, but in the Report made to the Charity Commissioners comprised in a Return to an Order of the House of Commons and ordered to be printed 1st August, 1907, it is stated that Lord Courtenay's Almshouse appears to be a private almshouse, the property of the Earl of Devon, who chooses the inmates and maintains and controls the house. 472 Of course, if there is any fresh evidence in the matter the Charity Commissioners would be willing to consider it.