§ MR. TREEBYsaid, he would beg to call the attention of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the serious inconvenience and loss attending persons who feel themselves called upon to pay a larger amount of Assessed and other Taxes than their just and fair share, in consequence of the distance of the Appeal Court being, in many cases, as much as nine or even twelve miles from where the parties aggrieved reside; and to inquire, whether the Government have any objection to authorize a Court of Appeal for Assessed and other Taxes, to be held in all boroughs and towns where the distance of Appeal exceeds four miles? The House had no idea of the number of persons who were obliged to go to an inconvenient distance to attend Appeals, and he thought that means ought to be adopted to meet that inconvenience.
§ MR. SCLATER-BOOTHsaid, that if the hon. Gentleman would put his Question on the Paper for Monday, he would endeavour to have it answered. The matter rested with local authorities, with whom the Government had no right to interfere. The Government had no control over these Courts, which were appointed by the Commissioners. If anyone felt inconvenience by reason of distance from the Court of Appeal, it would be competent for him to bring the matter under the notice of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and they would no doubt communicate with the local authorities, with the view of remedying the inconvenience.
§ Main Question, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair," put, and agreed to.