§ MR. MITCHELL HENRYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, What are the names of the owners of the properties in the neighbourhood of Clifden who have been exempted from the extra police tax; on what grounds, and at whose instigation, such exemptions have been made; and, whether it is legal to assess this tax upon the owner of the police barracks at Clifden, which are let to the Inspector General on lease for a long term of years?
§ MR. J. LOWTHERI have sent this Question to Ireland, with a view to local inquiries being made; but I have not yet received any communication, and am, therefore, unable to answer it. I can only now say, as I said before, that taxation is the rule, and exemptions are the exception. I know nothing as to who the owner is who is referred to by the hon. Gentleman in the Question.