§ 40. Brigadier-General CHARTERISasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether his attention has been drawn to the overcrowding in the Dumfries second tax district office; whether he has under consideration any proposal to remove this establishment to the recently-vacated Post Office buildings; and, if so, when a decision may be expected?
§ Captain HACKINGIt is proposed to transfer the Dumfries second tax district to the old post office, and the necessary works of adaptation are now in hand. It is hoped to affect the transfer by the middle of next month.