§ MR. MACDONA (Southwark, Rotherhithe)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to the list of nominations for Guardians at the recent elections in Bermondsey, and to the fact that 15 forged papers wore lodged with the Returning Officer (the Clerk to the Guardians); whether he proposes to take any action in respect to it; and whether this result has been brought about through the qualification being reduced to —5?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. H. H. FOWLER,) Wolverhampton, E.It is not the case that there were 15 forged nomination papers at the recent election of Guardians in Bermondsey. There were two not actually signed by the persons whose signatures they purported to bear, and in one case the name of the nominator had been signed by his authority. Neither of the two papers was accepted by the Returning Officer.