§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir WILLIAM HART DYKE) (Kent, Dartford)I hope the House 812 will agree to the second reading of this very short Bill. It is a Bill for the purpose of correcting an error which crept into the Charter of Incorporation granted to the borough of Christchurch in June of last year. An error was, by inadvertence, made in the description of the boundaries of the borough, set forth in the first schedule of the charter, In order to avoid any difficulty, it has been found necessary to correct the error by a Bill. The Bill has already passed the other House of Parliament.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."—(Sir William Hart Dyke.)
§ MR. CONYBEARE (Cornwall, Camborne)Can the right hon. Gentleman assign any reason why Bournemouth should have been refused the charter which, I understand, its inhabitants have recently asked for?
§ SIR WILLIAM HART DYKEI do not know what application Bournemouth may have made with respect to this Bill; but the charter was granted to the borough of Christchurch last year.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Bill read a second time, and committed for Tuesday next.
§ House adjourned at twenty minutes before One o'clock.