§ Mr. HAMERSLEYasked the hon. Member for the Stroud Division, as representing the Charity Commissioners, when will the institute erected at Clanfield, Oxfordshire, and completed in 1908, under the provisions of the Carter charities, be fully opened for the use of the inhabitants at Clanfield and those entitled to use it; what has been the reason of the delay in opening the said institute for the use of the public; why the provisions of the Carter charities have not before this been carried into effect and made operative in the villages of Clanfield, Filkins, and Kelmscott, in the county of Oxfordshire; and when the trusts of the said charities will be given effect to?
§ Mr. CHARLES P. ALLENThe Commissioners understand that the Clanfield Institute is opened and in use. Effect is already given to the Carter charities, with the exception of the trusts for the establishment of reading-rooms in Filkins and Kelmscott, and for the application of the resulting balance of the charity estate. A scheme was found to be necessary for carrying into effect the trusts for these purposes. On the publication of the draft scheme various objections were raised and an Assistant Commissioner was instructed to visit the places interested and to report on the objections. In the result considerable alterations will be made in the proposed scheme, and effect will be given to the trusts mentioned as soon as a revised scheme can be established.