COLONEL BERESFORDasked the President of the Local Government Board, On whose authority the Poor Law Auditor has directed the collectors of rates for the district of St. John's, Hampstead, to issue at the foot of the demand for rates a red-ink notice requiring immediate payment of the amount, notifying that only one demand will be made, and, in case of default, that application will be made to the magistrates to issue summonses?
§ MR. SCLATER-BOOTH, in reply, said, he had made inquiry into the subject of the Question, and found that the auditor had given no such directions as those imputed to him. When the auditor audited the accounts after Lady-day, 1874, he found that out of a total amount of £14,000, no less than £2,000 was in arrear.