Footnote 262: On the relations between the central and local agencies of government see Lowell, Government of England, II., Chap. 46; J. Redlich and F. W. Hirst, Local Government in England, 2 vols. (London, 1903), II., Pt. 6; Traill, Central Government, Chap. 11; and M. R. Maltbie, English Local Government of To-day; a Study of the Relations of Central and Local Government (New York, 1897).[(Back)]
Footnote 263: Including the county of London. See p. [190].[(Back)]
Footnote 264: At the elections of 1901 there were contests in but 433 of 3,349 divisions. P. Ashley, Local and Central Government; a Comparative Study of England, France, Prussia, and the United States (London, 1906), 25, note.[(Back)]
Footnote 265: Liquor licenses are granted by the justices of the peace.[(Back)]
Footnote 266: Lowell, Government of England, II., 274-275.[(Back)]
Footnote 267: Lowell, Government of England, II., 281.[(Back)]
Footnote 268: Ashley, Local and Central Government, 52-60.[(Back)]
Footnote 269: Speaking strictly, a borough is an urban district, and something more.[(Back)]
Footnote 270: Ashley, Local and Central Government, 45.[(Back)]