§ Mr. GODFREY COLLINSasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can say the number of men signing the unemployed register at the Greenock Labour Exchange on the day the manager of the Greenock Labour Exchange proceeded to the Highlands to seek for men to fill the vacant positions; and can he say if managers of different Labour Exchanges have authority to publish in the local press the number of vacant situations in the district?
Mr. BUXTONFifty-two men either registered or renewed their application at the Greenock Labour Exchange on the day in question. I may, however, point out that the manager's journey to the West Highlands had connection with the engagement of apprentices only, and that every effort had been made, without success, to find suitable apprentices in the neighbourhood before the journey was undertaken. It is customary in some districts to furnish to local newspapers a monthly summary of the work of the exchanges, including the number of vacancies notified and filled, in the same form as the monthly statement with regard to the principal exchanges which appears in the "Board of Trade Labour Gazette."