§ MR. HAYDEN (Roscommon, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board how many and what percentage of the English Boards of Guardians forwarded him resolutions in favour of having a low uniform rateable qualification for candidates for guardianship before he fixed the amount of £5 annual value?
§ *THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. H. H. FOWLER,) Wolverhampton, E.The Local Government Board have received from time to time various representations in favour of the reduction of the rating qualification of Guardians, and in a few cases for the abolition of the qualification altogether.