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New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 74, 26 September 1874, Page 10

twT Secretary stated jn the House of Commons on June 22, fSi^nn m w nU , inbePof publio houses in had diminished £T f-X ?v ■' to ,^ BreAt8 reAt benefit of tlie commuuiJy. The populali ,, IThere 1 There i ? not " )0 1 m enou gh in the English Commons' Chamber for all the members of that b0dy,~654. The largest number ever known to have assembled is 640, but of these many did not enter the House, but remained lyiag on sofas m the division lobbies, or lounging in the smoking room until summoned to a division.