§ Any securities issued in the United States of America by a municipal cor- 490 poration, county council, or other local authority in the United Kingdom for the purpose of raising any money which they are authorised to borrow, if issued under the authority of the Treasury, shall not be liable to any taxation present or future, except where they are held by persons domiciled in the United Kingdom or by British subjects ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.
§ Amendment made: At the end of the Clause, add the words " The expression 'local authority' in this Section includes the Metropolitan Water Board and any other public body which is recognised as a local authority for the purposes of this Section by the Local Government Board."—[Mr. McKenna.