THE SMALL DEBTS ACT.

     The following correspondence, and the details subjoined, will show what progress has been hitherto made in preparing to carry out this most important measure:

     "Sir,—It is the intention of her Majesty's Government to proceed forthwith to put in execution the Act recently passed for the recovery of small debts.
"The first thing to be done is the division of the country into convenient districts, which will be made by the authority of the Queen in Council; but it is advisable that the final consideration of the subject should be preceded by some local inquiry, in order that a consistent scheme may be brought under the notice of her Majesty's advisers.
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DISTRICT No. 51—HAMPSHIRE
     Proposed consist of the following superintendent registrars districts :—
NamePopulationNamePopulation
Alresford7,092Romsey10,387
Alton11,299Southampton27,084
Alverstoke13,511South Stoneham12,692
Andover16,998Stockbridge7,096
Basingstoke16,636Whitchurch5,496
Catherington2,356Wight, Isle of42,547
Droxford10,282Winchester & Hursley23,044
Fareham14,595Kingsclere8,463
Hartley Wintey10,722
307,439
Havant6,642

Petersfield7,461

Portsea53,036

     Towns in which it is proposed that courts should be held:— Portsmouth, Newport (Isle of Wight), Petersfield, Alton, Basingstoke, Andover, Winchester, Romsey, Southampton, Bishop's Waltham.