§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that, although the general district rate and poor rate for the parish of Teddington, Middlesex, are claimed in the same demand note and by the same collector, it is the practice when such rates are not paid to issue two separate summonses, with 3s. costs on each summons; and will he state why in such cases the entire amount due is not claimed under one summons.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. GLADSTONE,) Leeds, W.On making inquiry in the matter I am informed that the Teddington justices now include both rates in one summons and have done so for some weeks past.