§ Mr. EDGARasked the Home Secretary why aliens who are confined in the mental hospitals of this country, and are a charge upon the counties, are not sent home to their countries of origin?
§ Mr. SHORTTThe existing law on this subject will be found in Section 71 of the Lunacy Act, 1890, and Article 12 (6) (b) (i) of the Aliens Order, 1920. In proper cases alien lunatics are sent back to their own countries.