§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that many captains of the Peninsular and Oriental and other steamers have to pay Income Tax, and yet through the exi- 94 gencies of their service are not allowed votes at Parliamentary elections; and whether he will consider if an alteration of the law or regulations can be made to enable captains of steamers who are entitled to make declarations that they are Englishmen, and have no other home but England, and pay Income Tax, to have votes at Parliamentary elections?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EX-CHEQUER(Sir W. HARCOURT,) DerbyThe inconvenience suffered in this case is not peculiar to the persons referred to in the question, but affects all persons whose occupation prevents them from establishing such residence as is required to confer the franchise. It is clear that this matter could only be dealt with in a measure embracing the whole question of residential qualification.