THE BISHOP OF CARLISLE, in moving for a
Return of all applications which have been made to the Charity Commissioners under the 1089 provisions of 35th and 36th Victoria, chap. 24, distinguishing the oases in which a certificate of incorporation has been granted from those in which it has been refused;said, that under the provisions of this Act the Charity Commissioners could, in their discretion, grant certificates of incorporation upon the application of a charity, and that the expenses were absolutely trifling. This fact was very little known, and therefore the provisions of the Act had not been much resorted to. It was desirable that people should know what could be done; and the best way to see how the Act in that respect had worked would be to obtain a Return of what the Commissioners had done. He believed there would be no opposition to his Motion.
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Motion agreed to.
Return of all applications which have been made to the Charity Commissioners under the provisions of 35th and 36th Victoria, chap. 24., distinguishing the cases in which a certificate of incorporation has been granted from those in which it has been refused."—(The Lord Bishop of Carlisle.)
§ Ordered to be laid before the House.