§ SIR MASSEY LOPESasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government that the increased charges in respect of the remuneration and expenses of clerks of the peace and overseers, arising out of the Registra- 16 tion (Occupation Voters) Bill now before Parliament, are to be defrayed by the local rates, or whether it is proposed to provide out of moneys voted by Parliament relief from the obligation to bear increased liabilities for a matter of National interest?
§ THE ATTOENEY GENERAL (Sir HENRY JAMES), in reply, said, such expenses were always defrayed out of local rates, and there was no intention of making any change in this respect.