§ Mr. HILLSasked the President of the Local Government Board whether, since stone-pounding was declared by a London magistrate to be an illegal task in a casual ward, it has been made legal by the Local Government Board in some unions; and what are those unions and why have they been selected?
§ Mr. BURNSThe Regulations applicable to casual wards prescribe certain tasks of work, of which stone-pounding is not one, but they provide that the tasks may be varied from time time by a resolution of the guardians, approved by the Local Government Board. In pursuance of these Regulations tasks of stone-pounding have been sanctioned for casual paupers in a large number of unions on the application of the guardians concerned.