§ Colonel DAYasked the President of the Board of Education the number and names of education authorities in England and Wales which have not yet adopted, by their councils, the Public Libraries Acts of 1892 and 1919?
§ Lord E. PERCYThe following 36 local authorities in England and Wales (apart from those who have powers under local Acts) have not notified the Board of the adoption by their councils of the Public Libraries Acts:
657WEngland.
Counties.—Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely, Isles of Scilly, Essex, Lincolnshire (Holland), Soke of Peterborough, Rutland Suffolk (West), Westmorland.
Boroughs.—Banbury, Bridlington, Congleton, Crewe, Dukinfield, Harwich, New Windsor, Sutton Coldfield, Swindon, Wallsend.
Urban Districts.—Cannock, Coseley, Finchley, Hebburn, Wolstanton United.
Wales.
Counties.—Anglesey, Brecknockshire, Carmarthenshire, Flintshire, Merioneth, Monmouth, Radnor.
Borough.—Carmarthen.
Urban Districts.—Abertillery, Ebbw Vale, Mountain Ash, Rhondda.
In the case of some of the counties mentioned, the Acts have in some instances been adopted by minor local authorities, which are not authorities for education, within the area.