Captain TERRELLasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether, in view of the plague of rats, the Board will regard favourably the holding of cat shows in rural districts to the extent of persuading the revenue authorities to waive the Entertainments Tax where cats are exhibited for the purpose of improving the breeds?
Sir A. BOSCAWENThe Board have no information which would lead them to72W suppose that there is any present or prospective shortage of cats in the country, nor do they think that the destruction of rats would be materially assisted by the holding of cat shows; the answer to the question is therefore in the negative.