§ MR. W. H. SMITHasked the President of the Local Government Board, If any estimate has been made of the increased charge upon the local rates which will result from the provisions of the 26th and the 28th sections of the Registration of Births and Deaths Bill; and what that charge will be?
§ MR. STANSFELD,in reply, said, Section 26 would involve an additional charge of £9,877. Section 28 was for the provision of Register Offices, and he found that they were almost universally provided already. He might add that 723 he had received deputations with reference to the money clauses of the Bill, and that he was not prepared at present to say by what figures he would abide. He should make a short statement on the subject before going into Committee on the Bill.