[233:8] Cf. Lichfield Div., 5 O'M. & H., 27; Haggerston Div., Ibid., 68, at 72-88, St. George's Div., Ibid., 89. So of treating, Great Yarmouth, Ibid., 176, at 198.
[234:1] Hastings, 1 O'M. & H., 217, at 218.
[234:2] Subscriptions bona fide made for public or charitable purposes are not election expenses, Rogers, II., 161-62. But it is not easy to say what is bona fides; for gifts of this kind by a candidate for Parliament who has no other connection with the constituency must always be made, in part at least, for the sake of indirectly gaining votes by increasing his popularity.
[234:3] 46-47 Vic., c. 51, § 59.
[235:1] Com. Papers, 1898, IX., 555.
[236:1] Walsall, 4 O'M. & H., 123, at 126.
[236:2] Pontefract, 4 O'M. & H., 200.
[236:3] Southampton, 5 O'M. & H., 17.
[236:4] Lichfield Div., 5 O'M. & H., 27, at 29-30.
[237:1] Haggerston Div., 5 O'M. & H., 68, at 84.