asked the Minister of Labour how many Reports have been presented by local committees in response to C.E. Circular No. 2 with schemes to deal with the employment of juveniles?

Replies to C.E. Circular No. 2 have been received from nearly all the local committees to whom it was addressed, including all those operating in the larger industrial centres. The replies are to be considered by the National Advisory Councils for juvenile employment, but I hope shortly to publish a summary for the information of hon. Members and all interested in the problem.

asked the Minister of Labour the number of juveniles who were placed in employment by the Employment Exchanges in the London area during the last seven years?

The following table gives the information desired:Number of Vacancies Filled by Juveniles through Employment Exchanges and Juvenile Employment Bureaux in the Greater London Area during each of the Years, 1922–1928.

Year.		Boys.	Girls.	Total.
1922	…	17,572	22,655	40,227
1923	…	26,074	26,463	52,537
1924	…	41,970	36,013	77,983
1925	…	48,219	41,420	89,639
1926	…	45,725	39,627	85,352
1927	…	53,141	45,290	98,431
1928	…	58,978	48,992	107,970

asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployment insurance books exchanged by boys and girls of 16 to 18 years of age in the London area during 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928?

The following table shows for the insurance years July to June, 1925–1928, and for the period July, 1928, to December, 1928, the number of unemployment books exchanged in the area of Greater London in respect of insured persons who were aged 16 and under 18 at the date of exchange.

Period.	Boys.	Girls.
July, 1925, to June, 1926	105,519	87,859
July, 1926, to June, 1927	105,166	89,022
July, 1927, to June, 1928	105,910	90,625
July, 1928 to December, 1928	108,816	94,523

asked the Minister of Labour when the London unemployment training centre was closed and the reason for closing this centre?

There has never been an adult training centre in London. For some years prior to 17th February, 1928, there were juvenile unemployment centres, but the last of these was closed on that date owing to the small numbers in attendance.

asked the Minister of Labour the total number of miners who have been found work under the transfer scheme and under the special arrangements with local authorities?

According to the latest information available, the number of adult men from depressed areas who have been placed in employment in other districts through employment exchange machinery since the Prime Minister's appeal, is 10,701.

asked the Minister of Labour what conditions are imposed to safeguard the interests of British musicians when permits are granted to foreign musicians to enter and carry on their profession in this country?

The conditions imposed depend on the circumstances of the proposed employment of the alien players, and also the kind of performance. Examples of the conditions laid down are as follow:If the employer desires to bring in a complete band to play for dancing, he is required to engage, or to continue to engage, a British band equal in size to the alien band. If it is proposed to augment a British dance band by the introduction of alien musicians of outstanding ability, such introduction may be permitted up to about 25 per cent, on condition that no British player is discharged to make room for the aliens. Complete bands to play symphony or national music, e.g., an Hungarian Tzigane Company, are admitted on an assurance that no British band or British player is being displaced, and that the alien band will not play for dancing. No condition other than a limitation of the period of stay in this country is in general imposed in the case of concert instrumentalists and persons giving stage performances at music halls.

asked the Home Secretary the numbers of registered aliens and naturalised citizens respectively, living in this country?

The last available total of persons registered with the police in England and Wales as aliens was approximately 219,000. I am not in a position to keep any corresponding record of British subjects by naturalisation; but the hon. Member will find some information on the subject in the General Report and Tables relating to the Census of England and Wales in 1921.

asked the Minister of Labour (1) the number of men and women engaged in the drug and fine chemical trade;(2) the number of men and women registered as engaged in the heavy chemical trade?

Separate statistics of the numbers of insured persons in the heavy chemical trade and in the drug and fine chemical trade respectively are not available. The estimated numbers of insured persons in Great Britain aged 16 to 64 years classified as belonging to the chemicals industry at July, 1928, were:

Men	…	…	73,910
Boys	…	…	3,540
Women	…	…	18,840
Girls	…	…	3,460
Total	…	…	99,750

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) how many companies in Great Britain are engaged in the production of drugs and fine chemicals;(2) how many companies are registered as engaged in the heavy chemical trade

I cannot say how many companies registered under the Companies Acts are engaged in chemical manufacture, but for a list of undertakings so engaged, I would refer the hon. Member to the trade directories.

asked the President of the Board of Trade the total value of the Imperial Preference given by way of rebate or remission in the Customs tariff of this country to the Dominions and Colonies in the latest available year; and the amount similarly given by the Dominions and Colonies to the United Kingdom in the same period?

The approximate amount of the preferential rebate allowed on goods imported from the Empire and delivered for home consumption in this country during the year ended 31st March, 1928, was £6,289,000. As regards the second part of the question, the year 1925 is the latest for which complete particulars have been estimated The approximate amounts of the preferential rebates allowed on goods imported from the United Kingdom during the year 1925 were as follow:

	£
On imports into Canada	2,470,000
On imports into Australia	7,800,000
On imports into New Zealand	2,860,000
On imports into Union of South Africa	643,000

In the case of Australia and the Union of South Africa more recent particulars are available, and are as follow:

	£
Australia (year ended 30th June, 1927)	8,480,000
Union of South Africa (calendar year 1927)	421,000

Figures showing the amount of the preferential rebates in the case of imports from the United Kingdom into Colonies and Protectorates during 1926, the latest year for which such particulars are at present available, were given in an answer by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to my hon. Friend the Member for the Eastern Division of Hull (Mr. Lumley) on 25th July, 1927, a copy of which I am sending to my Noble Friend.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total amounts of Customs and Excise revenue received by the Treasury from silk and artificial silk from 1st June, 1928, to the end of December, 1928, under the various headings of these taxes, including the amounts of drawbacks refunded in the same months?

The information required is given in the following table:

asked the President of the Board of Trade the purchases of British goods per head of the population in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, the United States, Germany, Italy and Russia in 1928 or the latest available year?

This information is being prepared, and it had already been arranged for it to be published in an article in the Board of Trade Journal next Thursday.

asked the Home Secretary which of the member States of the League of Nations have ratified the Geneva Opium Convention, and which of them have declined or neglected respectively to do so?

The Geneva Opium Convention has been ratified in respect of all parts of His Majesty's Dominions except the Irish Free State. Of the other members of the League of Nations I understand that the following have ratified, or acceded without qualification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Japan, Latvia, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Salvador and Spain; and the following have signed, or acceded subject to ratification, but have not so far ratified: Albania, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Nicaragua, Persia, Serb-Croat-Slovene State, Siam, Switzerland, Uruguay and Venezuela.

asked the Secretary for Mines how many men were thrown out of employment through the closing down of collieries and part closing of collieries in the South and West Yorkshire area in 1928, and how many men and boys were still unemployed at the end of January, 1929, respectively?

Since 1st January, 1928, 29 pits in Yorkshire, employing 10,300 wage-earners, have closed and not re-opened. I regret I have no information as to the number of workpeople affected by part closing of pits, but the total net decrease from 1st January, 1928, to the end of January, 1929, in the number of wage-earners employed in Yorkshire is 16,800.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that a regulation applying to civil stations Wadhwan and Rajput has been issued by the authorities under which any person, whether an Indian citizen or traveller, may be deported, without trial or reason being given, to any place or country chosen by the political agent-general of the western Indian states; whether he will state the reason for such regulation; and whether the Secretary of State or Viceroy was consulted before the regulation was issued?

The information requested is not available, but my Noble Friend will inquire.

asked the Postmaster-General what, for the year 1928, was the cost of the service organised by his Department for the purpose of detecting wireless apparatus operative without licences; what amount was recovered by fines; how many prosecutions were instituted; and whether the balance of expenditure is charged against the cost of the Department or is deducted from the revenue from broadcasting licences?

I regret it is not possible, without undue cost in accounting, to segregate the cost of the specific work of detecting wireless apparatus operated without licences. 1,135 prosecutions were instituted in 1928 and convictions were obtained in all but seven cases. The total amount of fines recovered, including costs where granted, was £1,186. The difference between the cost of the prosecutions and the amounts recovered is borne out of the proportion of the licence revenue, which is retained for management.

asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the deficit of £1,380,829 on the working of the Post Office telegraphs in the financial year 1927–28; and what steps are being taken, either by reducing expenses or improving the service, to place the system upon a paying basis?

There has been a deficit on the telegraph service every year since the introduction of the 6d. telegram in 1885. Expenses are being reduced as far as possible; but in the inland service, which is responsible for the deficit, there has been for years past a continuous decline of traffic, and the consequent falling-off on the revenue side leaves the adverse balance much as it was. Improvements of service are being effected by the introduction of machine telegraphy on a large scale, but I fear that there is no prospect of making the service self-supporting so long as the present inland tariff (with a 1s. minimum) remains in force; and any considerable increase of the tariff would tend further to accelerate the transfer of traffic to the telephone system.

asked the Postmaster-General what is the establishment and cost of the Post Office detective branch; and on what Vote is the expenditure borne?

The staff of the Post Office Investigation Branch consists of a director, two senior staff officers, 39 clerks and nine assistants, together with an inspector of police and 20 sergeants of police. The annual cost of this staff is £32,070, borne on the Post Office Vote.

asked the Postmaster-General whether in view of the fall in the telephone surplus, it is, intended to increase the telephone rates?

No increase in telephone rates is contemplated at present.

asked the Postmaster-General whether he can give an estimate of the annual loss due to free redirection of letters and postcards?

The loss is very roughly estimated at £125,000 a year.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information to the effect that an agreement has been reached between China and Japan on the subject of the Tsinanfu incident and on the general position in Shantung, in which British traders and shareholders are vitally interested; and, if this is so, what the agreement is and whether it will entail the restoration, for the benefit of commerce, of those sections of the railways in Shantung which are now controlled by the Japanese?

I have seen statements in the press to the effect that a provisional agreement has been reached, but have not as yet. received a confirmatory report from His Majesty's Minister.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there is any information available to show the number of British subjects who are not permanent residents of other parts of the Empire but who live abroad, and who have during the last 10 years applied for or received protection as British nationals whilst contributing nothing directly to the revenues of this country?

Returns of British subjects who have registered at His Majesty's consulates abroad are made annually by His Majesty's consular officers, but it would be difficult to frame any estimate of the number of those who might be regarded as permanently resident abroad, more especially as registration is not compulsory except in countries where His Majesty exercises ex-territorial jurisdiction.

asked the President of the Board of Education separately the number of provided and non-provided elementary schools receiving assistance from the State or rates, and the particulars of the kind of non-provided schools?

The answer to the hon. Member's questions is as follows:

asked the President of the Board of Education separately the number of provided and non-provided secondary schools receiving assistance from the State or rates, giving particulars of the kinds of non-provided schools?

On 1st January, 1929, the number of grant-aided secondary schools in England and Wales was 692 provided schools and 648 non-provided schools. The latter consisted of 82 Roman Catholic schools, 464 Foundation and other schools, and 102 Welsh intermediate schools.

asked the President of the Board of Education the percentage of free places in secondary schools compared with the total number of scholars attending, provided and non-provided?

On 1st October, 1928, the percentage of free-place pupils in grant-aided secondary schools was as follows:

		Per cent.
Provided schools	…	45.8
Non-provided schools	…	33.1

asked the President of the Board of Education the percentage of the scholars available for secondary education who are granted free secondary education, provided and non-provided?

I assume that the hon. Member has in mind the number of pupils receiving free, education in grant-aided secondary schools expressed as a percentage of the appropriate age-group of the population. On 1st October, 1928, the percentage borne by pupils to whom free places, under Article 15 of the Regulations for Secondary Schools, were awarded for the first time to the number of children between 10 and 11 according to the estimate of populations in July, 1927, was in provided schools 3.6 and in non-provided schools 2.1. In addition an unascertainable number of entrants to grant-aided secondary schools not holding free places under Article 15 received free education.

asked the President of the Board of Education the number of scholars attending the provided elementary and secondary schools, respectively?

The number of children on the registers of provided elementary schools during 1927–28 was 3,671,804. On 1st October, 1928, the number of full-time pupils in provided grant-aided secondary schools was 212,902.

asked the President of the Board of Education the number of scholars attending non-provided elementary and secondary schools, showing the number at each kind of denominational school?

The number of scholars on the registers of non-provided public elementary schools during 1927–28 was as follows:

Church of England schools	1,499,941
Wesleyan schools	24,277
Roman Catholic schools	365,624
Jewish schools	5,730
Other voluntary schools	43,687
Total	1,939,259

On 1st October, 1928, the number of full-time pupils in non-provided secondary schools in England and Wales was 180,279. Of these, 20,166 were in Roman Catholic schools. I regret that it would not be possible without a disproportionate amount of labour to give separate figures for schools of each of the various denominations other than Roman Catholic.

asked the President of the Board of Education the percentage of scholars of secondary schools who succeed in obtaining a school-leaving certificate, and the percentage who matriculate, provided and non-provided?

During 1927–28 the percentage of pupils who passed the School Certificate Examination to those who took the Examination from grant-aided secondary schools was as follows:

		Per cent.
Provided Schools	…	73.0
Non-provided Schools	…	69.1

Particulars of those who matriculates are not available.

asked the President of the Board of Education the total cost of elementary education, the total cost of secondary education, the amount of such cost borne by the State, and the amount borne by the rates.

The estimated total cost of elementary and of secondary education falling upon rates and taxes respectively, for 1927–28, is as follows:—

Elementary Education.
	£
From the Exchequer	32,901,000
From the Rates	25,780,000
Total	58,681,000
Secondary Education.
	£
From the Exchequer	4,483,000
From the Bates	3,880,000
Total	8,363,000

asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can clearly define a depressed and or distressed mining area; whether, seeing that the condition of such mining areas is in part due to the severe depression in iron and steel areas, he can consider the extension of the definition so as to cover these areas?

I think it would be most undesirable to attempt to define more closely the precise extent of any of the areas in which Divisional Committees of the Lord Mayor's Fund are now operating. These areas include all the mining areas of the country, except Kent, and the Fund cannot be extended to non-mining areas. It rests with the Divisional Committee in each area to decide whether the distress in any, particular district within that area is such as to justify assistance from the Fund, and in this respect districts dependent upon the iron and steel industry are in precisely the same position as districts dependent upon mining or upon other industries.

asked the Minister of Health whether he is now in a position to state what recommendations for the better and more efficient administration of relief in the distressed areas of South Wales is contained in the Report recently presented to him by his chief inspector and medical officer, and when he proposes to circulate the full Report?

I think the hon. Member had better await the Report itself. It will be laid at a very early date.

asked the Minister of Health the total number of subsidy houses and non-subsidy houses built in England and Wales in the calendar years 1925, 1926 and 1927?

The numbers of subsidy houses completed in England and Wales during each of the three calendar years in question were 99,497, 144,619 and 196,589, respectively. Statistics as to non-subsidy houses are obtained half-yearly, to March and September. The numbers of such houses completed during the 12 months ending in September, 1925, 1926 and 1927 were 66,735, 65,689 and 60,313, respectively.

asked the Minister of Health if he can state in the case of two areas which are alike in all other respects, but in one of which there is a large number of persons on the register of unemployed who have no claim to benefit, what provision the formula makes for giving any relief to this area?

The weighting for unemployment to be used in the formula is based on the number of unemployed insured men increased by 10 per cent. of unemployed insured women resident in each county and county borough. These numbers will include not only persons who have claims to benefit, but also insured men and women on the registers of Employment Exchanges who have no such claims, together with those not on the registers, whose unemployment books are in the two months file of lodged books.

asked the Minister of Health what will be the position of a road officer of a rural district council who is also sanitary inspector to that council when, under Clause 100 of the Local Government Bill, he becomes a road officer of the county council; and whether he will then have to serve two authorities?

I am not aware of anything in the Bill which will prevent a road officer of a rural district council who is also sanitary inspector from continuing to hold the latter post under the rural district council after his transfer as road officer to the county council.

asked the Minister of Labour (1) the number of first-class

At age 60.	At age 60–61.	At age 6l–62.	At age 62–63.	At age 63–64.	At age 64–65.	At age 65.
1st Class Officers.
1	1	1	—	—	—	—
2nd Class Officers.
1	—	3	—	—	—	2
3rd Class Officers.
1	2	1	—	1	—	1
Employment Officers.
2	7	1	—	1	1	1
Employment Clerks.
11	9	3	1	—	1	5

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what was the

The following statement gives the number of 1st class officers, 2nd class officers, 3rd class officers, employment officers and employment clerks who have retired from the Ministry of Labour with superannuation allowances during the past eight years:number of men and of women authorised and employed respectively in the higher executive grade (subject to the male

I regret that information in the form desired by the hon. Member is not available, and could not be obtained without the expenditure of a considerable amount of time and labour.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what was the

Numbers of established members of Inspectoral Grades serving on 1st April, 1928.
—		Men.	Women.	Total.
Agriculture and Fisheries	…	187	1	188
Agriculture (Scotland)	…	12	1	13
Air Ministry: Headquarters	…	24	—	24
Air Ministry: Outstations	…	175	—	175
Control, Board of	…	3	3	6
Education, Board of	…	265	76	341
Education, Board of (Scotland)	…	56	3	59
Fishery Board for Scotland	…	36	—	36
Health Ministry	…	392	246	698
Health Ministry Board of (Wales)	…	33	9	42
Health Ministry Department of (Scotland)	…	57	32	89
Home Office	…	181	34	215
Labour Ministry	…	23	7	30
Mines Department	…	103	—	103
Overseas Trade Department	…	1	—	1
Post Office	…	120	—	120
Public Trustee	…	—	1	1
Registrar General	…	3	—	3
Rating of Government Property Department	…	1	—	1
Scottish Office	…	1	—	1
Trade, Board of	…	25	—	25
Transport Ministry	…	7	—	7
Works, Office of	…	4	—	4
Total	…	1,709	413	2,122

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any women are employed as writing assistants, who have been in the service of the State for over seven years, who are eligible for promotion on account of length of service in the writing-assistant grade, who have never had an adverse (or C) annual report since their appointment as writing assistants, and who have not yet been placed on trial for promotion to the clerical class; if so, which are the Departments

I append a table which shows the number of established members of inspectoral grades as at 1st April, 1928. The further information desired by the hon. Member is not available, and could not be obtained without disproportionate expenditure of time and labour.in which this position arises; and what is the number of writing assistants concerned in each case?

It is of the essence of the system of confidential annual reports, agreed upon by the Civil Service National Council, that their contents are not disclosed, except to the individual concerned in the case of an adverse marking, otherwise than to the Departmental Promotion Boards for whom they are intended or, where no such Board exists, to the officers charged with the duty of making recommendations for promotion to the heads of their Departments. I am therefore unable to give the particulars asked for in the question. The hon. Member will, no doubt, be aware that writing assistants are eligible to compete at the open competitive examinations for the clerical class, and also that the question of individual fitness for promotion to that class depends upon more important factors than mere length of service as writing assistant.

Financial Year.					Numbers.	Reduction in numbers compared with previous financial year.	Cost.	Reduction in cost compared with previous financial year.
							£	£
1926	…	…	…	…	2,451	134	933,960	43,640
1927	…	…	…	…	2,387	64	923,060	10,900
1928	…	…	…	…	2,298	89	907,900	15,160
Note.—These figures include attached officers, typists, messengers and cleaners, and personnel in audit offices; but exclude Metropolitan Police and staff on loan to other Government Departments.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of established shorthand-typists and of established copying-typists authorised and employed as at 1st April in each year since 1920 in each of the Departments in which these classes are employed?

A table is appended showing the number of established short-

Established Typists and Established Shorthand Typists—Numbers Authorised and Employed on 1st April, 1928.
Department.		Established Shorthand Typists.		Established Copying Typists.
		Authorised.	Employed.	Authorised.	Employed.
Admiralty	…	177	99	168	92
Agriculture and Fisheries	…	48	41	52	31
Air Ministry	…	56	52	54	50
British Museum	…	2	2	1	—
Cabinet Offices	…	2	2	1	1
Charity Commission	…	3	1	12	7
Civil Service Commission	…	3	2	7	6
Colonial Office and Dominion Office	…	28	14	43	29
Control, Board of	…	5	3	5	3
County Courts	…	2	2	—	—
Crown Lands	…	4	4	4	4
Customs and Excise	…	13	8	41	25
Development Fund	…	—	—	—	—

asked the Secretary of State for War what were the reductions in number made in the staff at the War Office for the years 1926, 1927, 1928, and since that date; and what was the corresponding amount of reduction in salaries during those periods?

The figures are as follow:hand-typists and of established copying-typists authorised and employed as at 1st April, 1928, in each of the Departments in which these classes are employed. Information in similar form is not available for the earlier years, but I would refer the hon. Member to the Departmental Estimates, which, in most cases, show the numbers for which provision was made for the years in question

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what was the number of men and of women clerical officers authorised and employed, respectively, as at 1st April in each year since 1920 in each of the following Departments of State: Cabinet Offices, Charity Commission, Civil Service Commission, Government Actuary, Government Chemist, Government Hospitality Fund, Lord Privy Seal, Mint, National Debt Office, National Savings Committee, Parliamentary Counsel, Pool of Verbatim Reporters, Privy Council, Public Record Office, Rates Department, Royal Commission Ancient Monuments (Wales), Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, Royal Fine Art Commission, Royal Commission Historical Monuments (England), Royal Commission National Museums and Galleries, Statute Law Committee, Trade Facilities Act Advisory Committee, Treasury, Unemployment Grants Committee, University Grants Committee, King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer (Scotland), Scottish Office, Scottish Savings Committee, Colonial Office, Dominions Office, Imperial War Graves Commission, India Office, Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Land Registry, Metropolitan Police Commissioners, Prison Commission, Procurator-General and Treasury Solicitor, Public Prosecutions Depart- ment, Accountant of Court (Scotland). Chancery and Great Seal (Scotland), Court of Justiciary (Scotland), Court of Session (Scotland), Crown Office (Scotland), Lord Advocate Department (Scotland), Prison Commission (Scotland), Registers and Records (Scotland), Scottish Land Court, British Museum, Board of Education, Imperial War Museum, London Museum, National Gallery, National Gallery of British Art, National Portrait Gallery, Wallace Collection, National Library (Scotland), National Galleries (Scotland), Education (Scotland), Board of Control, Registry of Friendly Societies, National Insurance Audit Department, Registrar-General (Scotland), Crown Lands, Development Fund, Forestry Commission, Mines, Ordnance Survey, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Scientific and Industrial Research, State Management Districts, Agriculture (Scotland), Fishery Board (Scotland), Office of Works, and War Office: Headquarters, ex-Headquarters and Out-stations?

A table is appended showing the number of men and of women clerical officers employed as at 1st April, 1928, in each of the Departments in question. The further statistical information desired by the hon. Member is not available and could not be obtained without considerable expense and labour.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether radium and radium compounds are at present subject to an import duty; and, if so, at what rate?

The item "Radium compounds" is included in the List of Chemicals liable to a duty of 33 ½ per cent. ad valorem issued by the Board of Trade under Part I of the Safeguarding of Industries Act, 1921, but these compounds are exempted from duty until 30th June, 1929, by Treasury Order made under Section 10 (5) of the Finance Act, 1926. Radium is not dealt with commercially except in the form of a compound.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how soon he intends to call in the coinage of Queen Victoria in view of the worn condition of most of it?

There is no intention at present of calling in any coins in the hands of the public. The gradual withdrawal of silver coins of earlier date than 1920, and also of worn bronze coins, is constantly going on through the banks and the Post Office.

asked the Minister of Transport if he has received a Report from the London Traffic Advisory Committee on the additional traffic difficulties which will be caused by the proposal to extend the tramway system from Grove Park to the Eltham Road, particularly with reference to the obstruction caused to the main road traffic at the proposed point of junction in the Eltham Road; and what is he doing in the matter?

The London Traffic Advisory Committee are considering from a traffic point of view the proposals contained in the London County Council General Powers Bill, 1928–29, for an extension of their tramway system from Grove Park to Eltham Road, but I have not yet received their Report. When I have received it, I will consider the nature of any report that I may think fit to make to Parliament.