§ MR. GEORGE WHITE (Norfolk, N.W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of 61 State for the Home Department whether he is aware that in some districts (for instance, in the parish of Terrington St. Clement, and elsewhere, in the county of Norfolk) the rate collector for the district is accustomed to collect along with the poor rate and other district rates sums of money for denominational schools by placing them upon the rate ticket in the same way as the properly levied rates are placed; and, seeing that money is obtained from the ratepayers without their having been first informed that such payments are voluntary, whether, having seen examples of such rate tickets, he will request that these practices be discontinued.
§ *MR. WALTER LONGI have made inquiry as regards the particular parish mentioned, and I find that the facts are substantially as stated in the first paragraph of the question. The practice complained of is, I think, open to much objection, and I have informed the collector accordingly, and requested him to discontinue it.