§ Sir GEORGE TOULMINasked the hon. Member for the Stroud Division, as representing the Charity Commissioners, in how many counties have the inquiries been completed into endowments subject to the provisions of the Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853 to 1894; what are the counties in which inquiries are being pursued; what are the counties where no inquiries have been made; how many persons are engaged in holding the inquiries; and when it is estimated the whole inquiry will be concluded?
§ Mr. C. P. ALLENInquiries under the Charity Inquiries (Expenses) Act, 1892,382W have been completed in the administrative counties, in England, of Berks, Durham, Lancaster, London, Wilts, and the West Riding of York; in the county boroughs of Exeter and Plymouth (in Devonshire), Gateshead and Sunderland (in Durham), Barrow-in-Furness, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Preston, and St. Helens (in Lancashire), and Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, and Sheffield (in the West Riding of Yorkshire); and in Richmond, Kew, and Petersham (in Surrey). Inquiries under the Act have also been completed in the following counties in Wales, namely, Anglesey, Carmarthen, Carnarvon, Flint, Glamorgan, Merioneth, and Mongomery, and in the county boroughs of Cardiff and Swansea (in Glamorgan). Prior to the Act, in the year 1888, similar inquiries were completed in the county of Denbigh. Inquiries are being pursued in the county of Devon. No inquiries under the Act have been made, or are now in contemplation, in any counties or county boroughs other than those mentioned. One Assistant Commissioner is engaged in holding the inquiries in the county of Devon. It is estimated that these inquiries will be concluded in the course of next year.