§ MR. ALDERMAN SALOMONSsaid, he wished to ask the First Commissioner of Works, Whether Local Rates and Taxes are paid on the several Houses and Premises described in Parliamentary Paper No. 8 of last Session as occupied by Her Majesty's Government for public purposes?
MR. COWPERreplied, that local rates were paid in respect of some, but not of all the houses included in that list.