§ MR. H. C. RICHARDS (Finsbury, E.)To ask the President of the Local Government Board if lie can state approximately the number of electors qualified to vote for tin; County Council in the county of London; males; females; ratepayers who pay their rates directly to the local authorities; and residents and lodgers whose rates are paid on their behalf by the landlord or other person respectively: and if such figures cannot be supplied, will he give facilities for such a Return 1239 to be made so far as the county of London is concerned.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) According to a statement published by the London County Council in May, 1903, the number of electors qualified to vote for county councillors in the county was 723,080. A Return presented to the House of Commons in 1897 shows that at that time the number of women electors in that county was 85,075. I have no later information on this point. The number of electors registered as lodgers on the register now in force in London appears to be 70,549. I am unable to say what number of the electors pay their rates directly to the local authorities or what is the number of those whose rates are paid on their behalf. There would be a considerable difficulty in obtaining this information.