LORD NAAS,in moving for leave to introduce a Bill in order to provide for the registration of births, deaths, and marriages in Ireland, stated that this Bill was similar in its provisions to one which he had introduced last year when he had the honour of being Chief Secretary for 866 Ireland: the only alteration being that he proposed to pay the registrars by salary instead of fees, and to make a considerable diminution in the number of superintendent registrars. He hoped eventually that they would be able to do with one in each county. He did not wish to conceal from the House that the difference between his Bill and that of the Government was as wide as possible; and, therefore, he hoped the House would fairly examine them both. But to whichever of the Bills the House gave the preference, he hoped that Session would not pass without one of them being adopted; for it was a crying disgrace that Ireland should have remained so long without some statistical information on these points—information which was obtained in every other country in Europe except Hungary and Turkey.
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Leave given.
Bill to provide for the uniform Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Ireland, ordered to he brought in by Lord NAAS and Mr. WHITESIDE.
§ Bill presented and read 1°, to be read 2° on Tuesday next, and to be printed.
§ On the Motion for nominating the Select Committee,