§ MR. GREGORYasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether he is aware that the Bank of England refuse to take the certificate of the Registrar General, which is made evidence by the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 86, s. 38, as proof of the death of a party in whose name Government stock is standing; and, whether the Bank of England is by its charter, or otherwise, exempted from the operation of that Act?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER,in reply, said, he understood that the Bank of England did refuse to take the certificate of death given by the Registrar General, and that they did so in order to guard against frauds to which they had been subjected in former years. They insisted on obtaining a certificate of burial—which they were entitled to do, being authorized by Act of Parliament to require whatever evidence they thought necessary.