§ MR. WEDGWOOD (Newcastle-under-Lyme)I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the proposed legislation in New South Wales involving the paying for town 801 improvements by a rate on the unimproved land value instead of on industry; and whether he will try to obtain and lay upon the Table of this House a Report from the Premier of New South Wales on the aims and scope of this proposed legislation, as well as on the Shires Act that was passed in 1905.
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANSo far as I am aware no new legislation is proposed. If my hon. friend desires it I will present to Parliament the Shires Act, 1905, and the Local Government Extension Act, 1906.