§ Amendments reported (according to Order).
§ THE DUKE OF RICHMONDmoved to insert words providing that the Act should not come into operation till the 1st of January, 1874. The Bill would cause a great disturbance in the existing mode of land conveyance in Scotland, and therefore he thought that a proper amount of time should be given to persons who were in the habit of transacting land conveyancing business to prepare for the change about to be made.
§ Amendment made accordingly.
§ Further Amendments made; Bill to be road 3a To-morrow, and to be printed as amended. (No. 238.)