§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ SIR JOHN LUBBOCK,in moving that the Bill be now read a second time, said, that its object was to permit certified copies or extracts from bankers' books to be produced as evidence instead of the books themselves.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."—(Sir John Lubbock.)
§ MR. SAMPSON LLOYDsupported the Bill, and observed that he had known cases in which great inconvenience had been caused by bankers' ledgers being detained in Court for several days.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, that the Government did not object to the Motion, but the Bill would be submitted to the scrutiny of the Attorney General before it went into Committee.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Bill read a second time, and committed for Thursday next.