§ On the Order for the Second Reading of this Bill,
MR. BROMLEY-DAVEN PORT (Macclesfield)objected.
§ MR. J. BAKER (Portsmouth)asked the hon. Member to withdraw his objection, as the Board of Trade were willing that the Bill should be read a second time, if it were not proceeded with further until the Report of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies had been received.
§ MR. BROMLEY-DAVENPORTsaid, that the Board of Trade had not yet made up their mind on the question, arid he must persist in his objection.
§ The Order accordingly stood over.