§ MR. JAMES STUART (Shoreditch, Hoxton)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board, with respect to the nomination of Dr. Hunt by the Local Government Board as a Guardian for Shoroditch, what are Dr. Hunt's qualifications for the office and why he was appointed; whether he has up till now taken any active part in any local public work in Shoreditch; whether he is aware that Dr. Hunt was an unsuccessful candidate for the Board of Guardians last year, and whether it has been the practice of the Local Government Board not to appoint a defeated candidate as a nominated Guardian; and if he will consider the advisability of continuing the practice of the Local Government Board under the late 1741 Government to refrain from increasing the number of nominated Guardians?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. H. H. FOWLER,) Wolverhampton, E.From my personal knowledge of Dr. Hunt I am satisfied that he is qualified to discharge the duties of a Guardian, and I am of opinion that he will render efficient aid in that capacity. With regard to the question of nominating an unsuccessful candidate, the Guardians of Shoreditch have sent me a pressing request to nominate a gentleman who was unsuccessful at the election in the present year, and, having regard to that gentleman's services and qualifications, I am disposed to comply with their request. The number of Guardians the Local Government Board are empowered to nominate for the parish of Shoreditch is six. At present only three have been nominated.