§ [THIRD READING.]
§ Order of the Day for the Third Reading read.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be now read the third time."—(Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal.)
§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR (The Earl of HALSBURY)My Lords, I do not propose to offer any further opposition to this Bill; but I think it right, in view of what was said on the Second Reading by the noble Earl the Leader of the Opposition and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Davey, to inform your Lordships that the opinions expressed by the Colonial delegates, which I quoted, are to be found in a Parliamentary Paper. The conference was initiated by Mr. Stanhope in 1887, and held in the following year, and a great number of colonies were represented. Their discussions are published, and noble Lords can convince themselves by looking at the Paper that the statement I made was quite correct— namely, that the representative of Canada and one or two others expressed the opinion that, while they wished their own law to be what they desired it to be in this respect, they quite recognised the reasonableness of this country keeping to its own law of inheritance.
§ On Question, agreed to. Bill read 3a accordingly, and passed, and sent to the Commons.