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politan parishcs; but that. [lin was not sericudy put
i.0...Kaul by any one fi•her. Thercfor6, the Only ro-
la:dui:lg, 'node wa t.-) levy fies barials; if w,

wore to Ic?ty f.c;, the qtvvAion was, could we row fix
precir,,ly what, t wsF Ece.l s'!oule, br, arid could we now

4,xactly what those estimates would be? lie thought
they had DO SUCII es'ilnat( s, nor did he b3lievo tho Board
of Fit-410, or any other body, or ev,n postponing the

!clAu,e for a few days, could enable the Committee to say
what fees would be requisite. If that wero so, aim we
must have a certain th-scrO:on of board; and as the
object of the board would not be to derive a profit, we
might rely upon it that if they found the fees which they
charge yielded a surplus, their immediate course would
be to reduce the fees to a point that would be sufficient
to cover only the necessary expenditure. In this clause,
where it was said that the board should fix the
sums, he proposed to insert the words which were to be
found in many Acts of Parliament with regard to
tables of fees, and the rules of prisons. " with the
approval of one of her Aljesty's principal Secre-
taries of'. State." We would then have the fees

placed before the Secretary of State, and he woul,:
give his approval to them; and then they migh

tie moved for in Parliament, and if found excessivo,
they of course could be reduced so as to meet only the
necei.sary expenses. The first object would be to ob-
tain the interest of the outlay fur the purchase of the
ground; and the next, to pay fur the services to be per-
formed. He could not see, if they wished to effect the
object of the Bill, how it could be attained in any other
way than by assenting to the clause with the verbal
amendment he had mentioned.—(Elear, hear.)
Mr. SADLEIIt still thought there could be no insur-
mountable difficulty in framing an estimate so as to
enable them to add a schedule of fees to the Bill, and
this might be done without jeopardizing the success of
the measure. Let them lay down fair and reasonable
fees, and the elasticity of the measure in the taxing
powers which it conferred, would enable them to pro-
vide for any unforeseen deficiency that might be found
to arise.

The gallery was then cleared for a division on Mr.
Stanforu's amendment; but after a minute or two's de-
lay the amendment was negatived without a division.
The verbal alteration suggested by Lord J. Russell
having been effected in the clause,
Mr. D'EYNCOURT proposed another amendment in
the same (the 20th) clause, to the effect that " the fees
and sums" to be charged under the clause must not ex-
ceed the fees and sums specified in the schedule to this
Act annexed.

Mr. WAKLEY hoped the Noble Lord would agree to
this amendment. They could obtain returns from the
Registrar-General and from all the existing cemetery
companies, and be could not, therefore, conceive what
difficulty there was in obtaining the returns necessary
for mAing out the schedule of fees asked for.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the matter was by no
means so simple as the Hon. Gentleman supposed. There
were different fees paid for different classes of funerals,
and in different cemeteries.

Mr. SA DLEIR said every cemetery company in
England had been started on previous catculations. Go-
vernment could have access to all these calculations, and
could avail themselves of the experience of the various
companies, and he could not, therefore, see any difficulty
in the Board of Health preparing a schedule of fees at
once.

The Committee then divided, when ther2 appeared—
For the proviso ... 64
Against it ... ... 171
Majority ... . . ...--107
On the question that the clause be agreed to,
Sir BENJAMIN HALL wished to know who were
the officers who would have to carry out the Act. as the
amount of fees charged would probably depend a good
deal on the character of the persons selected.
Sir GEORGE GREY said the present board consisted
of Lys Noble Friend the Member for Totnes (Lord Sey-
mour), his Noble Friend the Member for Bath (Lord
A,hley), and Mr. Chadwick, who was the only paid
member of the board. By a clause already agreed to, a
power was given to appoint one other paid member.
Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but the clause
was agreed to without a division.

Clauses 21 and 22 were also agreed to.
On chuse 23,
Lord DUDLEY STUART said he thought the clause
was one requiring explanation.
Mr. BRILiHT said they appeared to be running in the
opposite extreme from their past indifference. By this
clause no grave was to be made within 200 yards of a
dwelling-house. He thought such a space unnecessary,
and calculated to cause considerable expense.
Load ASHLEY said the Board of Health had been
called to account by scientific men for not making a
considerably deeper margin. There could be no doubt
but that for sanitary purposes 200 yards was the very
smallest distance that could be allowed, as within that
distance the water of wells would be rendered quite
impure.

Sir G. GREY said the reason why 200 yards distant
were taken was, that it was the distance fixed by Parlia-
ment in the General Cemetery Act.
Mr. BRIGHT did not see any reason why it should
be the distance in this Act because it was in the Ceme-
tery Act. They had no notion of the enormous amount
of rates it would bring on the metropolis.
Toe clause was agreed to, and the Chairman obtained
leave to report progress and sit again at five o'clock this
day.

Mr. OSBORNE asked if there would be any Supply
,aken on this day?

Sir G. GREY replied that the order for Supply would
be on the paper; but whether or not they should go
into Supply would depend on the way they proceeded
with the Interment Bill, which was the first order of
the day.

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (IRELAND) BILL.
This Bill was read a third time.
GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
This Bill was road a second time.
TEIE JUDGES OF ASSIZE BILL.
This Bill was read a second time.
IRISH TENANT-RIGHT.

Mr. S. CRAWFORD obtained leave to bring in a Bill
for better securing and regulating the custom of tenant-
right as practise in the province of Ulster, and to
secure compensation to improving tenants iu Ireland
who may not make claim under the said custom, and to
limit the power of eviction in certain cases.