THE O'CONOR DONasked the Secretary to the Treasury, When and by whom, and in what form, the remonstrance was made on behalf of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, which led to the reduction of the valuation of that line by more than one-half; 1553 and when did this revised valuation, amounting to £14,800, come before the Chairman of the county and the Recorder of the city of Dublin on appeal; and in what form did they express their sanction of it?
§ MR. BAXTERSir, my hon. Friend the Member for Roscommon has rather misapprehended the answer I gave on Tuesday last. As furnished to me, it was so long that I was afraid it would weary the House, and in my attempt to abbreviate it, I have conveyed an erroneous impression to my hon. Friend's mind. The remonstrance on behalf of the railway was made in 1861 by the Chairman and other officers of the Company at several meetings with Sir Richard Griffith, but the revised valuation which followed did not come before the chairman of the county and the recorder of the city of Dublin on appeal. It was the allowances then made which had the effect of reducing the valuation, which at a subsequent period came before these Gentlemen, and with some modifications received their approval in the form of a judgment of the Court. These allowances are still in force, but in consequence of the increased profits of the line the valuation has also been increased.