§ Order for Committee read.
§ Bill considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ Clauses 1 and 2 agreed to.
§ Clause 3 (Description of urban sanitary districts and urban sanitary authorities).
§ MR. ERRINGTON (for Mr. W. SHAW)moved, as an Amendment, in page 2, line 7, after "corporate," to insert "and town and township having not less than 1605 twelve thousand inhabitants." The hon. Member said it was necessary that some distinction should be made between the urban and rural districts, for it would be impossible to work both by the same machinery. The minimum of 12,000 was too much for the rural districts; and, by his Amendment, he proposed to substitute for it the urban districts.
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHsaid, that the Schedules had been taken from the Local Government Act of 1871, and his reason for including these small places was, that they were now places having a quasi-municipal authority. He would prefer the limit of 10,000 population to that of 12,000; and if the hon. Member for Longford would leave the matter in his hands, he would endeavour, on the Report, to place such Amendments on the Paper as would carry out the view of Irish Members as far as possible.
§ Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
§ Clause verbally amended, and agreed to.
§ Remaining clauses, verbally amended, and agreed to.
§ House resumed.
§ Bill reported; as amended, to be considered upon Thursday.