§ Colonel DAYasked the Home Secretary the number of articles and parcels left at the Lost Property Office, Scotland Yard, during the last 12 months, together with the number of such articles or parcels returned to claimants; and will he consider the advisability of causing a charge to be made upon the claimants for all lost property claimed at this office?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe number of articles deposited in the course of the 12 months ended 30th ultimo was 165,874, and the number restored to the owners was 67,957. As I stated in reply to 639W another question on Monday, I am considering the suggestion in the last part of the question.