§ Order [26th August, 1907] for a Return relative thereto read, and discharged; and, instead thereof:—
§ Return ordered, "showing the following particulars with respect to Town Councils, other Urban District Councils, and Metropolitan Borough Councils in England and Wales, that is to say (a) area of District of each Council; (b) population of District according to the last Census; (c) rateable or assessable value of District; (d) rates in the pound of the principal rates raised in the year 1905–6, by, or for the purposes of, each Council; (e) the outstanding balance, at the end of the year 1905–6, of Loans contracted by, or repayable by, each Council, distinguishing between (1) Loans for waterworks, gasworks, electric lighting, tramways, markets, or harbours, docks, etc.; and (2) Loans for other purposes; and (f) amounts remaining in the Sinking Funds, Loans Funds, and Redemption Funds of each Council at the end of the year 1905–6."—(Mr. Henry Forster.)